Comaum SA 5277
36 addresses · 11 streets
Barker Electorate › Wattle Range LGA › Comaum · 329 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Comaum is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 42 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,562 a week, with median rent near $92 a week. Most homes are houses. About 50% of households own their home and 50% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. 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 Penola statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Comaum itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Naracoorte Airport, 31.6 km north-west.
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: 32.3% 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 | 32.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 49.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Comaum
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Comaum
| House | 13 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Comaum
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Comaum
| Australian | 19 |
|---|---|
| English | 14 |
| German | 5 |
| Scottish | 4 |
| Sth African | 4 |
| Irish | 3 |
Housing tenure in Comaum
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Comaum
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Comaum
| Car | 16 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
742 bird observations recorded near Comaum — most often seen:
- White-naped Honeyeater (39)
- South-eastern Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (34)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (32)
- Crimson Rosella (31)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (30)
- Australian Magpie (28)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (28)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (28)
- Superb Fairy-wren (28)
- Grey Fantail (27)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (26)
- Long-billed Corella (25)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (25)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Comaum
- Powerful Owl (24)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (24)
- New Holland Honeyeater (22)
- Western Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (22)
- White-throated Treecreeper (22)
- Brown Thornbill (21)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (21)
- Eurasian Blackbird (21)
- Laughing Kookaburra (21)
- Little Raven (21)
- Red Wattlebird (21)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (21)
- Spotted Pardalote (21)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (20)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (20)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (20)
- Common Bronzewing (19)
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 Comaum:
- Wrattonbully (7.4 km)
- Glenroy (9.2 km)
- Coonawarra (11.4 km)
- Joanna (14.5 km)
- Koppamurra (19.2 km)
- Penola (19.6 km)
- Maaoupe (20.3 km)
- Struan (20.5 km)
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Streets
- Comaum School Road (8)
- Edenhope Road (4)
- Forest Headquarters Road (1)
- Gleeson Road (1)
- March Road (1)
- Nambour Road (15)
- Neale Road (1)
- Ockley Road (2)
- Pahl Road (1)
- Poolaijelo Road (1)
- Wimmera Highway (1)
