Compton SA 5291

Living Here

Compton is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 812 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,150 a week, with median rent near $230 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Mount Gambier statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Compton itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 4 schools

  • Tenison Woods College
  • Mulga Street Primary School
  • Mount Gambier High School
  • Reidy Park Primary School
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Paul's
• 1 optometrist

  • Specsavers
• 1 hospital

  • Mount Gambier & Districts Health Service
• 1 library

  • Mount Gambier Library
• 3 service stations

  • Endeavour Mt Gambier
  • Ampol
  • BP Mount Gambier OPT
• 1 gym

  • Ice House
• 2 golf clubs

  • Blue Lake Public Golf Links
  • Mount Gambier Golf Course
• 1 dog park

  • Hastings Cunningham Reserve Dog Park
• 2 hardware stores

  • Total Tools
  • Mitre 10
• 1 mechanic

  • OG Roberts Kia
• 2 plumbers

  • Peter Jennings Pumps
  • Pfeiler Plumb 'n' Gas
• 10 places to stay

  • Country Comfort Hotel
  • Presidential Motel
  • Comfort Inn The Lakes
  • The Old Mount Gambier Gaol
  • Blue Lake Holiday Park
  • Pine Country Caravan Park
  • Mid City Motel
  • Avalon
  • Jen's Hotel
  • Commodore on the Park

Getting around. Airport: Mount Gambier Airport, 10.2 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 40% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 2% · Labour-force participation 70.1%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

3,322 bird observations recorded near Compton — most often seen:

• Australasian Purple Swamphen (250)
• Pacific Black Duck (223)
• Eurasian Blackbird (174)
• Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (155)
• Eurasian Coot (149)
• Red Wattlebird (142)
• Superb Fairy-wren (134)
• Australian Magpie (127)
• Dusky Moorhen (127)
• New Holland Honeyeater (124)
• Australian Wood Duck (111)
• Eastern Red Wattlebird (107)
• South-eastern Grey Fantail (107)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Compton:

• Suttontown (4.6 km)
• Moorak (4.7 km)
• Mount Gambier (5.8 km)
• Wandilo (7.3 km)
• Ob Flat (7.9 km)
• Square Mile (9.1 km)
• Worrolong (9.1 km)
• Mil-lel (10.5 km)

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