Chapel Hill SA 5153
54 addresses · 11 streets
Mayo Electorate › Mount Barker LGA › Chapel Hill · 23 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Chapel Hill is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 127 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,833 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Hahndorf - Echunga statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Chapel Hill itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
2 golf clubs
1 hardware store
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Adelaide Airport, 26.8 km north-west.
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: 21.3% 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 | 21.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 39.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.3% · Labour-force participation 71.3%
Population by age in Chapel Hill
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 18 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Chapel Hill
| House | 49 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Chapel Hill
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 16 |
| $3,000+ | 23 |
Top ancestries in Chapel Hill
| Australian | 64 |
|---|---|
| English | 59 |
| German | 25 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Other | 7 |
Housing tenure in Chapel Hill
| Owned | 24 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 20 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Chapel Hill
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Chapel Hill
| Car | 40 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Top countries of birth in Chapel Hill
| England | 7 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 4 |
Languages used at home in Chapel Hill
| German | 8 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,465 bird observations recorded near Chapel Hill — most often seen:
- Western Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (1,397)
- Little Raven (512)
- Crimson Rosella (443)
- Australian Magpie (432)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (371)
- Red Wattlebird (361)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (349)
- Grey Fantail (346)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (334)
- Australian Wood Duck (323)
- Western Striated Pardalote (323)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (316)
- Galah (311)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Chapel Hill
- Grey Currawong (309)
- Superb Fairy-wren (307)
- White-naped Honeyeater (303)
- Silvereye (290)
- Pacific Black Duck (275)
- Eastern Spinebill (274)
- Eurasian Blackbird (274)
- Striated Thornbill (274)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (272)
- Mount Lofty Ranges White-throated Treecreeper (270)
- Black-winged Currawong (268)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (267)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (262)
- Common Bronzewing (259)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (256)
- New Holland Honeyeater (249)
- Crescent Honeyeater (238)
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 Chapel Hill:
- Biggs Flat (1.8 km)
- Jupiter Creek (3.2 km)
- Echunga (3.3 km)
- Mylor (4.7 km)
- Bradbury (5.2 km)
- Paechtown (5.8 km)
- Longwood (6.2 km)
- Scott Creek (6.8 km)
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Streets
- Berry Road (8)
- Bremer Valley Road (1)
- Chapel Hill Road (3)
- Diggings Road (9)
- Feder Road (10)
- Glen Bold Road (1)
- Lowe Road (6)
- Rowe Road (4)
- Shepherd Road (3)
- Strathalbyn Road (3)
- Todd Road (6)
