Cockaleechie SA 5631
93 addresses · 11 streets
Grey Electorate › Tumby Bay LGA › Cockaleechie · 264 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Cockaleechie is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 79 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $2,124 a week, with median rent near $175 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Eyre Peninsula statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cockaleechie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Port Lincoln Airport, 43.2 km south.
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: 4.9% 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 | 4.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2% · Labour-force participation 85%
Population by age in Cockaleechie
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 17 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Cockaleechie
| House | 25 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cockaleechie
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Cockaleechie
| Australian | 38 |
|---|---|
| English | 38 |
| Irish | 17 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| German | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
Housing tenure in Cockaleechie
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Cockaleechie
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Cockaleechie
| Car | 24 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 18 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
60 bird observations recorded near Cockaleechie — most often seen:
- Western Red Wattlebird (5)
- Western Striated Pardalote (5)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (4)
- Eastern Galah (3)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (3)
- South Australian Silvereye (3)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (3)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (3)
- Southern Weebill (3)
- Eastern Barn Owl (2)
- Little Raven (2)
- Nullarbor Coast Spotted Scrubwren (2)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cockaleechie
- Southern Willie Wagtail (2)
- Western Brown-headed Honeyeater (2)
- Yellow-rumped Pardalote (2)
- Australian Wood Duck (1)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)
- Brown Falcon (1)
- Common Bronzewing (1)
- Common Starling (1)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (1)
- Eastern Dusky Woodswallow (1)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (1)
- Grey Teal (1)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (1)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (1)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (1)
- Southern Inland Thornbill (1)
- Spotted Harrier (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
- Barnes Hill Road (3)
- Beaumont Road (4)
- Cemetery Hill Road (12)
- Citadella Lane (1)
- Cockaleechie Hall Road (20)
- Cockaleechie Road (20)
- Cranky Flat Road (1)
- Fitzgerald Road (8)
- Pub Corner Road (19)
- Richardson Road (3)
- Telfer Lane (2)
