Currency Creek SA 5214
246 addresses · 40 streets
Mayo Electorate › Alexandrina LGA › Currency Creek · 59 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Currency Creek is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 443 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $330 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Strathalbyn Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Currency Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 golf clubs
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Adelaide Airport, 59.6 km north.
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: 9.1% 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 | 9.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 12.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 62.6%
Population by age in Currency Creek
| 0-4 | 16 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 53 |
| 15-19 | 24 |
| 20-24 | 20 |
| 25-34 | 24 |
| 35-44 | 59 |
| 45-54 | 66 |
| 55-64 | 96 |
| 65-74 | 52 |
| 75-84 | 24 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Currency Creek
| House | 149 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Currency Creek
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 43 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 42 |
| $3,000+ | 31 |
Top ancestries in Currency Creek
| English | 204 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 188 |
| Irish | 49 |
| Scottish | 42 |
| Ancestry NS | 37 |
| Other | 28 |
Housing tenure in Currency Creek
| Owned | 70 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 67 |
| Rented | 15 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Currency Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 71 |
| 3 | 25 |
| 4+ | 33 |
Commute to work in Currency Creek
| Car | 147 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 15 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 31 |
Top countries of birth in Currency Creek
| England | 34 |
|---|---|
| India | 5 |
| Ireland | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Currency Creek
| Greek | 5 |
|---|---|
| Punjabi | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
13,273 bird observations recorded near Currency Creek — most often seen:
- Little Raven (800)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (700)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (657)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (575)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (560)
- Western Striated Pardalote (510)
- Galah (507)
- Eastern Galah (498)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (466)
- Australian Magpie (455)
- Grey Fantail (430)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (422)
- Western Red Wattlebird (422)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Currency Creek
- Common Bronzewing (411)
- Common Starling (410)
- Crimson Rosella (406)
- Red Wattlebird (404)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (402)
- Eurasian Blackbird (399)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (395)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (390)
- Tree Martin (387)
- New Holland Honeyeater (374)
- Superb Fairy-wren (352)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (341)
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet (332)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (326)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (326)
- White-naped Honeyeater (312)
- Mainland Tree Martin (304)
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 Currency Creek:
- Goolwa (6.4 km)
- Goolwa North (6.6 km)
- Mosquito Hill (7.3 km)
- Goolwa Beach (7.8 km)
- Goolwa South (8.1 km)
- Finniss (8.4 km)
- Middleton (8.6 km)
- Tooperang (9.1 km)
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Streets
- Adelaide Place (11)
- Airport Road (4)
- Alexandrina Road (23)
- Castle Range Road (3)
- Claughton Road (2)
- Cliffside Road (2)
- Deep Creek Road (16)
- Dings Road (2)
- Fiegert Road (4)
- Finniss Park Road (14)
- Flagstaff Hill Road (2)
- Frome Road (21)
- Gilbert Siding Road (1)
- Goolwa Road (17)
- Gould Road (9)
- Keltys Road (1)
- Keltys Road N (2)
- Lockett Road (1)
- Mchugh Road (1)
- Myrick Mill Road (1)
- Myrtlegrove Road (22)
- Narrows Road (2)
- Nash Court (3)
- Nash Road (7)
- Ohalloran Street (3)
- Peel Road (3)
- Quarry Road (2)
- Shaw Road (1)
- Shipway Road (7)
- Sorrells Road (5)
- Sterling Downs Road (2)
- Stevens Road (6)
- Sturt Street (1)
- Taverner Road (4)
- The Brook Drive (14)
- Thompson Place (1)
- Trig Point Road (2)
- Wellington Road (5)
- Williams Road (8)
- Winery Road (11)
