Cape Douglas SA 5291
68 addresses · 4 streets
Barker Electorate › Grant LGA › Cape Douglas · 387 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Cape Douglas is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 68 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,166 a week, with median rent near $110 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Grant statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cape Douglas itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Mount Gambier Airport, 34.5 km north-east.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 3.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 3.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 53.6%
Population by age in Cape Douglas
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 16 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Cape Douglas
| House | 19 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Cape Douglas
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Cape Douglas
| Australian | 27 |
|---|---|
| English | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Italian | 5 |
| German | 3 |
Housing tenure in Cape Douglas
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Cape Douglas
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Cape Douglas
| Car | 16 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
930 bird observations recorded near Cape Douglas — most often seen:
- Common Starling (54)
- Giinbaywarraymal (51)
- White-faced Heron (47)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (46)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (44)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (38)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (36)
- South Australian Silvereye (36)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (35)
- Eurasian Skylark (33)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (33)
- Coorong Rufous Bristlebird (32)
- White-fronted Chat (31)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cape Douglas
- Blue-winged Parrot (30)
- Eurasian Blackbird (30)
- Crested Tern (28)
- Red-necked Stint (28)
- Black Swan (27)
- Australian White Ibis (26)
- Red-capped Plover (26)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (26)
- Chestnut Teal (23)
- Little Pied Cormorant (23)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (23)
- Black-faced Cormorant (22)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (22)
- Australian Pipit (21)
- Caspian Tern (20)
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (20)
- Australian Pelican (19)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Cape Douglas:
- Nene Valley (7.3 km)
- Port Macdonnell (9.8 km)
- Allendale East (10 km)
- Mount Schank (13.1 km)
- Kongorong (13.1 km)
- Blackfellows Caves (13.5 km)
- Racecourse Bay (14.7 km)
- Pelican Point (18.2 km)
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Streets
- Cape Douglas Road (60)
- Christians Road (5)
- Meyers Road (1)
- Old Boundary Road (2)
