D'estrees Bay SA 5223
30 addresses · 5 streets
Mayo Electorate › Kangaroo Island LGA › D'estrees Bay · 144 km from Adelaide
Living Here
D'estrees Bay is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 11 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,749 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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 Kangaroo Island statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: D'estrees Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 53.1% 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 | 53.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 75.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 16.7% · Labour-force participation 60%
Population by age in D'estrees Bay
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in D'estrees Bay
| House | 3 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in D'estrees Bay
| English | 8 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 6 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Cars per household in D'estrees Bay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in D'estrees Bay
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,126 bird observations recorded near D'estrees Bay — most often seen:
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (72)
- Silvereye (56)
- South Australian Silvereye (49)
- Kangaroo Island Superb Fairy-wren (48)
- Kangaroo Island New Holland Honeyeater (45)
- Kangaroo Island Purple-gaped Honeyeater (45)
- Giinbaywarraymal (44)
- Superb Fairy-wren (42)
- Kangaroo Island Spotted Scrubwren (40)
- Crescent Honeyeater (39)
- Kangaroo Island Red Wattlebird (39)
- Kangaroo Island Grey Currawong (38)
- Australian Pelican (37)
Show all 30 birds recorded near D'estrees Bay
- New Holland Honeyeater (36)
- Crested Tern (34)
- Little Raven (34)
- Masked Lapwing (34)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (34)
- Red Wattlebird (33)
- Black-faced Cormorant (32)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (31)
- Pied Cormorant (31)
- South Australian Crescent Honeyeater (31)
- Welcome Swallow (31)
- Kangaroo Island Brown Thornbill (30)
- Silver Gull (30)
- Red-necked Stint (29)
- Australian Magpie (28)
- Southern Sooty Oystercatcher (27)
- West Coast Pacific Gull (27)
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 D'estrees Bay:
- Haines (13 km)
- Macgillivray (13.8 km)
- Muston (18.1 km)
- Pelican Lagoon (19.8 km)
- Birchmore (20.1 km)
- Nepean Bay (21.5 km)
- Sapphiretown (22.5 km)
- American River (22.5 km)
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Streets
- D'estrees Bay Road (8)
- Lovering Road (1)
- Osmanli Road (16)
- Shag Rock Track (3)
- Wild Dog Road (2)
