Claypans SA 5238
9 addresses · 5 streets
Barker Electorate › Mid Murray LGA › Claypans · 101 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Claypans is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 4 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,499 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Common community backgrounds include Australian, German, Scottish. 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 Mannum statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Claypans 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: 20.8% 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 | 20.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 31.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Claypans
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Claypans
| House | 5 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Claypans
| Australian | 4 |
|---|---|
| German | 4 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Claypans
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Claypans
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
647 bird observations recorded near Claypans — most often seen:
- Western Striated Pardalote (37)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (34)
- Eastern Galah (29)
- Little Raven (27)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (26)
- Black-winged Currawong (25)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (25)
- Galah (25)
- North-eastern Brown Treecreeper (25)
- South-east Southern Whiteface (25)
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (25)
- Mulga Parrot (23)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (23)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Claypans
- Black-backed Fairy-wren (22)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (21)
- Southern Weebill (21)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (20)
- Eastern White-winged Chough (19)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (18)
- Red-capped Robin (18)
- Southern White-browed Babbler (18)
- Australian Ringneck (17)
- Mallee Ringneck (17)
- White-winged Chough (17)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (16)
- Restless Flycatcher (16)
- Australian Magpie (15)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (15)
- Weebill (15)
- Black-capped Sittella (13)
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 Claypans:
- Purnong (7.2 km)
- Bowhill (9 km)
- Caurnamont (9.3 km)
- Teal Flat (13.9 km)
- Younghusband Holdings (14.3 km)
- Walker Flat (14.5 km)
- Julanka Holdings (14.8 km)
- Old Teal Flat (14.8 km)
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Streets
- Claypans Road (4)
- Goondooloo Road (2)
- Hunter Road (1)
- Kluge Road (1)
- Knight Road (1)