Clinton SA 5570
426 addresses · 29 streets
Grey Electorate › Yorke Peninsula LGA › Clinton · 95 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Clinton is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 313 people, with a median age of 65. The typical household earns around $777 a week, with median rent near $225 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Yorke Peninsula - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Clinton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 park
1 golf club
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: 0.4% 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 | 0.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7% · Labour-force participation 25%
Population by age in Clinton
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 16 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 15 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 28 |
| 55-64 | 58 |
| 65-74 | 104 |
| 75-84 | 46 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Clinton
| House | 142 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 7 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 5 |
Households by weekly income in Clinton
| <$650 | 46 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 75 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Clinton
| English | 150 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 125 |
| German | 33 |
| Scottish | 27 |
| Irish | 20 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
Housing tenure in Clinton
| Owned | 105 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 26 |
| Rented | 14 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Clinton
| 0 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 72 |
| 2 | 63 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Clinton
| Car | 47 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Clinton
| England | 18 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,648 bird observations recorded near Clinton — most often seen:
- Red-necked Stint (363)
- Red-capped Plover (345)
- Crested Tern (323)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (278)
- Caspian Tern (244)
- Common Starling (244)
- Common Greenshank (230)
- Australian White Ibis (226)
- House Sparrow (223)
- Silver Gull (211)
- Giinbaywarraymal (199)
- White-faced Heron (191)
- Pacific Gull (173)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Clinton
- West Coast Pacific Gull (165)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (158)
- Eurasian Blackbird (156)
- Grey-tailed Tattler (153)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (152)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (144)
- Ruddy Turnstone (143)
- Little Pied Cormorant (142)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (142)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (141)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (135)
- Curlew Sandpiper (134)
- Little Raven (132)
- Eastern Asian Spotted Dove (130)
- Singing Honeyeater (124)
- Western Red Wattlebird (124)
- Pied Cormorant (123)
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 Clinton:
- Price (7.5 km)
- Clinton Centre (8.5 km)
- Kainton (11.7 km)
- Winulta (12.5 km)
- Port Wakefield (13.1 km)
- Port Arthur (13.8 km)
- Proof Range (15 km)
- Dowlingville (15.4 km)
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Streets
- Birkin Road (2)
- Clinton Road (2)
- Cooper Street (10)
- Cornwall Street (24)
- Cumberland Road (50)
- Devon Street (20)
- Duryea Street (21)
- Emeu Street (19)
- Horn Street (12)
- Jacobs Lane (2)
- Karkarilla Street (2)
- Kulpara Street (29)
- Kurilla Street (10)
- Main Coast Road (7)
- Manwurta Street (18)
- Matta Terrace (17)
- Mcinerny Road (1)
- Melton South Road (1)
- Mesnil Drive (23)
- Moonta Terrace (27)
- Parade (21)
- Seaview Court (5)
- Shore Street (5)
- The Esplanade (29)
- Wandilta Terrace (12)
- Yararoo Drive (25)
- Yelta Street (18)
- Yoolamardy Terrace (11)
- Yorke Highway (3)
