Cooke Plains SA 5261
45 addresses · 12 streets
Barker Electorate › Coorong LGA › Cooke Plains · 102 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Cooke Plains is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 69 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $120 a week. Most homes are houses. About 62% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the The Coorong statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cooke Plains itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 1.5% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 5.7% · Labour-force participation 58.3%
Population by age in Cooke Plains
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 14 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Cooke Plains
| House | 26 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cooke Plains
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Cooke Plains
| Australian | 32 |
|---|---|
| English | 31 |
| German | 8 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Scottish | 4 |
| Other | 4 |
Housing tenure in Cooke Plains
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Cooke Plains
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Cooke Plains
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
136 bird observations recorded near Cooke Plains — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (12)
- Common Starling (12)
- Galah (8)
- Little Raven (8)
- Magpie-lark (7)
- House Sparrow (6)
- Willie Wagtail (6)
- Singing Honeyeater (5)
- White-fronted Chat (5)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (4)
- Black-shouldered Kite (4)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (4)
- New Holland Honeyeater (4)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cooke Plains
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (4)
- Superb Fairy-wren (4)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (4)
- Black Kite (3)
- Bluebonnet (3)
- Crested Pigeon (3)
- Dusky Woodswallow (3)
- Eurasian Skylark (3)
- Giinbaywarraymal (3)
- Nankeen Kestrel (3)
- Red-capped Plover (3)
- Spotted Harrier (3)
- Straw-necked Ibis (3)
- White-browed Babbler (3)
- Australian Raven (2)
- Brown Falcon (2)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (2)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Cooke Plains:
- Elwomple (10.6 km)
- Malinong (14.4 km)
- Coomandook (14.6 km)
- Moorlands (14.7 km)
- Wellington East (17.5 km)
- Tailem Bend (18.2 km)
- Wellington (18.7 km)
- Jervois (19 km)
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Streets
- Cooke Plains Road (6)
- Darwin Road (10)
- Dukes Highway (1)
- Elwomple Road (4)
- Gooch Road (1)
- Gypsum Road (8)
- Hender Road (2)
- Ifould Road (1)
- Irbrae Road (2)
- Johncock Road (2)
- Karralta Road (6)
- Perkindoo Road (2)