Darke Peak SA 5642
69 addresses · 24 streets
Grey Electorate › Cleve LGA › Darke Peak · 277 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Darke Peak is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 90 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,062 a week, with median rent near $96 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kimba - Cleve - Franklin Harbour statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Darke Peak itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Airport: Cleve Airport, 41.6 km south-east.
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: 2.9% 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 | 2.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Darke Peak
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 20 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 18 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 16 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Darke Peak
| House | 32 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Darke Peak
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Darke Peak
| English | 45 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 39 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| German | 13 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| Dutch | 5 |
Housing tenure in Darke Peak
| Owned | 21 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Darke Peak
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Darke Peak
| Car | 25 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Darke Peak
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
253 bird observations recorded near Darke Peak — most often seen:
- Southern Willie Wagtail (14)
- Western Red Wattlebird (14)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (13)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (13)
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (13)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (12)
- Little Raven (11)
- White-browed Babbler (11)
- Dusky Woodswallow (10)
- Southern Scrub-robin (10)
- Western Striated Pardalote (10)
- Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (9)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (9)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Darke Peak
- Southern Rufous Whistler (9)
- Weebill (8)
- Common Bronzewing (7)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (7)
- Singing Honeyeater (7)
- Brown Currawong (6)
- Galah (6)
- Nankeen Kestrel (6)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (6)
- Red-capped Robin (6)
- Red-rumped Tit (6)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (6)
- Red Wattlebird (5)
- Silvereye (5)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (5)
- Southern Weebill (5)
- Common Starling (4)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Balumbah-kinnard Road (7)
- Carappee Hill Road (5)
- Cut Line Road (1)
- Darke Terrace (2)
- Davis Road (1)
- Dog Fence Road (2)
- Edwards Road (3)
- Hebberman Road (3)
- Henry Street (14)
- Humphries Road (1)
- Kobelt Road (3)
- Macgowan Road (2)
- O'connor Road (2)
- Old Eyre Road (1)
- Pallinga Road (1)
- Panitya-darke Peak Road (1)
- Railway Dam Road (2)
- Railway Terrace (1)
- Rangeview Road (5)
- Ross Ramsey Road (1)
- Schubert Road (2)
- Schumann Road (1)
- Wickstein Road (1)
- Wudinna-darke Peak Road (7)
