Clay Wells SA 5280
25 addresses · 9 streets
Barker Electorate › Robe LGA › Clay Wells · 300 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Clay Wells is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 31 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week. Most homes are houses. About 31% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Scottish, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wattle Range statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Clay Wells itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 16.6% 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 | 16.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 19.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.3% · Labour-force participation 86.4%
Population by age in Clay Wells
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Clay Wells
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Clay Wells
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 5 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Clay Wells
| Australian | 16 |
|---|---|
| Scottish | 10 |
| English | 8 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Clay Wells
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Clay Wells
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Clay Wells
| Car | 7 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
46 bird observations recorded near Clay Wells — most often seen:
- Birds (4)
- Brown Falcon (4)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (3)
- Australian Shelduck (2)
- Black-shouldered Kite (2)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (2)
- Nankeen Kestrel (2)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (2)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (2)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (2)
- Stubble Quail (2)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (2)
- Australian Magpie (1)
Show all 29 birds recorded near Clay Wells
- Australian Pipit (1)
- Brown Songlark (1)
- Eastern Horsfield's Bushlark (1)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (1)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (1)
- Eurasian Skylark (1)
- Little Raven (1)
- Restless Flycatcher (1)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (1)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (1)
- Southern Magpie-lark (1)
- Southern Red-browed Finch (1)
- Spotted Harrier (1)
- Striated Fieldwren (1)
- Superb Fairy-wren (1)
- White-faced Heron (1)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Ballantynes Road (3)
- Clay Wells Road (8)
- Elgin Lane (7)
- Konelgin Lane (1)
- Magareys Lane (1)
- Princes Highway (2)
- Sneyd Island Road (1)
- Tuckers Lane (1)
- Woodleigh Lane (1)
