Carpenter Rocks SA 5291
127 addresses · 12 streets
Barker Electorate › Grant LGA › Carpenter Rocks · 369 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Carpenter Rocks is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 87 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,541 a week, with median rent near $100 a week. Most homes are houses. About 70% of households own their home and 30% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 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: Carpenter Rocks itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 beach
1 post office
1 service station
Getting around. Airport: Millicent Airport, 36.9 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 45.4% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 2.3% · Labour-force participation 58.1%
Population by age in Carpenter Rocks
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 16 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Carpenter Rocks
| House | 35 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Carpenter Rocks
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Carpenter Rocks
| English | 41 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 26 |
| German | 16 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
Housing tenure in Carpenter Rocks
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Carpenter Rocks
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Carpenter Rocks
| Car | 16 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,881 bird observations recorded near Carpenter Rocks — most often seen:
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (234)
- Red-necked Stint (221)
- Crested Tern (214)
- Silver Gull (203)
- Ruddy Turnstone (183)
- Red-capped Plover (182)
- Black-faced Cormorant (178)
- Common Starling (176)
- White-faced Heron (154)
- Australian Pelican (146)
- Giinbaywarraymal (145)
- Caspian Tern (120)
- Great Cormorant (113)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Carpenter Rocks
- Singing Honeyeater (111)
- Silvereye (106)
- Chestnut Teal (105)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (105)
- Common Greenshank (99)
- Rock Dove (99)
- Eurasian Blackbird (98)
- House Sparrow (96)
- Curlew Sandpiper (93)
- European Goldfinch (92)
- Masked Lapwing (90)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (90)
- Welcome Swallow (88)
- Southern Sooty Oystercatcher (87)
- Pacific Golden Plover (86)
- Musk Duck (84)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (83)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Carpenter Rocks:
- Pelican Point (2.1 km)
- Blackfellows Caves (6.8 km)
- Nene Valley (13.1 km)
- German Creek (13.3 km)
- Kongorong (13.6 km)
- German Flat (16 km)
- Cape Douglas (20.3 km)
- Burrungule (22.5 km)
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Streets
- Bonney Street (1)
- Cape Banks Lighthouse Road (13)
- Carpenter Rocks Road (63)
- Gerloff Court (12)
- Hercules Street (7)
- Koondi Road (3)
- Mia Mia Crossing Road (1)
- Old Mill Road (1)
- Pelican Point Road (17)
- Private Road (1)
- Tanderra Way (7)
- Three Chain Road (1)
