Cuttlefish Bay SA 5222
13 addresses · 3 streets
Mayo Electorate › Kangaroo Island LGA › Cuttlefish Bay · 106 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Cuttlefish Bay is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 13 people, with a median age of 64. The typical household earns around $1,999 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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 Kangaroo Island statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cuttlefish Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Kingscote Airport, 45.6 km 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: 18.8% 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 | 18.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 17.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Cuttlefish Bay
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 6 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Cuttlefish Bay
| House | 7 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cuttlefish Bay
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Cuttlefish Bay
| English | 7 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Housing tenure in Cuttlefish Bay
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Cuttlefish Bay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Cuttlefish Bay
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
815 bird observations recorded near Cuttlefish Bay — most often seen:
- Australian Little Penguin (334)
- Australian Magpie (52)
- Kangaroo Island Superb Fairy-wren (51)
- Birds (46)
- Kangaroo Island Grey Currawong (45)
- Little Raven (33)
- Kangaroo Island Spotted Scrubwren (29)
- Giinbaywarraymal (15)
- South Australian Silvereye (13)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (13)
- West Coast Pacific Gull (13)
- Grey Currawong (12)
- Kangaroo Island Red Wattlebird (12)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cuttlefish Bay
- Superb Fairy-wren (12)
- Crested Tern (10)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (10)
- Galah (10)
- Black-faced Cormorant (9)
- Eastern Scarlet Robin (9)
- Kangaroo Island Brown Thornbill (9)
- Little Penguin (9)
- Black Swan (8)
- Bush Stone-curlew (8)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (8)
- Kangaroo Island White-eared Honeyeater (8)
- Pied Cormorant (8)
- South Australian Crescent Honeyeater (8)
- Australian Shelduck (7)
- Eastern Galah (7)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (7)
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 Cuttlefish Bay:
- Ironstone (3.6 km)
- Antechamber Bay (5.3 km)
- Dudley East (7 km)
- Penneshaw (8.2 km)
- Porky Flat (9.6 km)
- Kangaroo Head (10.4 km)
- Willoughby (11.9 km)
- Willson River (12.3 km)
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Streets
- Cape Willoughby Road (7)
- Ian Road (3)
- Pauls Road (3)
