Colton SA 5670
19 addresses · 5 streets
Grey Electorate › Elliston LGA › Colton · 375 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Colton is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 24 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Scottish, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Le Hunte - Elliston statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Colton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 bakery
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: 3.2% 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 | 3.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 11.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Colton
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Colton
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Colton
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Colton
| Australian | 10 |
|---|---|
| Scottish | 9 |
| Aboriginal | 6 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
| English | 5 |
| Irish | 5 |
Housing tenure in Colton
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Colton
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Colton
| Car | 5 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Colton
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
428 bird observations recorded near Colton — most often seen:
- Australian Shelduck (23)
- Banded Stilt (21)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (21)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (21)
- Black Swan (20)
- Grey Teal (20)
- Red-necked Stint (19)
- Masked Lapwing (18)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (18)
- Little Raven (17)
- Red-capped Plover (16)
- Red-necked Avocet (16)
- Silvereye (15)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Colton
- Common Greenshank (14)
- Curlew Sandpiper (13)
- Giinbaywarraymal (13)
- White-faced Heron (13)
- Nankeen Kestrel (12)
- Singing Honeyeater (12)
- Cape Barren Goose (11)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (11)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (11)
- Whiskered Tern (11)
- Inland Purple-backed Fairy-wren (10)
- Eastern Cape Barren Goose (9)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (9)
- Swamp Harrier (9)
- Willie Wagtail (9)
- Black-shouldered Kite (8)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (8)
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 Colton:
- Mount Joy (11.7 km)
- Mount Wedge (15.9 km)
- Bramfield (17.2 km)
- Elliston (17.8 km)
- Talia (19.9 km)
- Coolillie (28.9 km)
- Venus Bay (36 km)
- Kappawanta (37.6 km)
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Streets
- Colton Back Road (2)
- Flinders Highway (13)
- Kooringal Road (1)
- Rocky Valley Road (2)
- Walkers Rock Road (1)