Delamere SA 5204
118 addresses · 22 streets
Mayo Electorate › Yankalilla LGA › Delamere · 80 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Delamere is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 162 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,050 a week, with median rent near $333 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Yankalilla statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Delamere itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 service station
1 golf club
1 place to stay
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: 31.6% 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 | 31.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 36.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.1% · Labour-force participation 52.9%
Population by age in Delamere
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 23 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 34 |
| 65-74 | 40 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Delamere
| House | 66 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Delamere
| <$650 | 11 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 25 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Delamere
| English | 94 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 60 |
| Scottish | 19 |
| German | 17 |
| Irish | 13 |
| Other | 13 |
Housing tenure in Delamere
| Owned | 42 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Delamere
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 17 |
| 2 | 33 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Delamere
| Car | 40 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Delamere
| England | 13 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 9 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,634 bird observations recorded near Delamere — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (524)
- Crimson Rosella (135)
- Western Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (125)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (111)
- Superb Fairy-wren (102)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (100)
- Grey Fantail (99)
- Little Raven (95)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (92)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (85)
- Galah (82)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (72)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (69)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Delamere
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (67)
- Mount Lofty Ranges White-throated Treecreeper (64)
- White-throated Treecreeper (64)
- Scarlet Robin (62)
- Laughing Kookaburra (59)
- South Australian Crescent Honeyeater (59)
- Birds (58)
- Eurasian Blackbird (56)
- Crescent Honeyeater (53)
- Eastern Scarlet Robin (53)
- White-browed Scrubwren (53)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (51)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (50)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (50)
- Brown Thornbill (48)
- Eastern Galah (48)
- Striated Thornbill (48)
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 Delamere:
- Rapid Bay (5 km)
- Silverton (5.7 km)
- Deep Creek (5.9 km)
- Second Valley (6 km)
- Wirrina Cove (8.4 km)
- Cape Jervis (9.2 km)
- Parawa (12.2 km)
- Tunkalilla (13.3 km)
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Streets
- Backhouse Road (3)
- Backhouse Track (3)
- Bedlam Flat Road (4)
- Bennett Road (2)
- Bowmans Road (1)
- Bullaparinga Crescent (7)
- Cole Road (20)
- Dog Trap Road (1)
- Forest Road (7)
- Jones Road (3)
- Main South Road (27)
- Morris Road (4)
- No Where Else Road (4)
- Old Council Chambers Road (3)
- Range Road (4)
- Range West Road (2)
- Rapid Bay Road (4)
- Stockyard Hill Road (6)
- Tapanappa Road (3)
- Three Bridges Road (2)
- Wattle Hill Road (2)
- Yoho Road (6)
