Duck Ponds SA 5607
56 addresses · 12 streets
Grey Electorate › Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA › Duck Ponds · 257 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Duck Ponds is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 284 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,281 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, Australian, English. 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 Port Lincoln statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Duck Ponds itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 golf club
3 hardware stores
Getting around. Bus interchange: Premier Stateliner, 5.1 km east · Airport: Port Lincoln Airport, 14.4 km north-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: 27.7% 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 | 27.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 52.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 19%
Population by age in Duck Ponds
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 16 |
| 25-34 | 38 |
| 35-44 | 53 |
| 45-54 | 60 |
| 55-64 | 45 |
| 65-74 | 28 |
| 75-84 | 19 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Duck Ponds
| House | 39 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Duck Ponds
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Duck Ponds
| Ancestry NS | 179 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 52 |
| English | 47 |
| German | 14 |
| Irish | 14 |
| Scottish | 9 |
Housing tenure in Duck Ponds
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Duck Ponds
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Duck Ponds
| Car | 25 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 11 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Duck Ponds
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Languages used at home in Duck Ponds
| Greek | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,673 bird observations recorded near Duck Ponds — most often seen:
- New Holland Honeyeater (106)
- Red Wattlebird (94)
- Common Starling (92)
- Eurasian Blackbird (90)
- House Sparrow (84)
- Rock Dove (84)
- Galah (79)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (73)
- Silver Gull (70)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (64)
- Western Red Wattlebird (57)
- Silvereye (55)
- Common Bronzewing (53)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Duck Ponds
- Pacific Gull (48)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (48)
- Willie Wagtail (48)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (46)
- Chestnut Teal (46)
- Little Raven (46)
- Australian Pelican (42)
- Masked Lapwing (40)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (40)
- Superb Fairy-wren (37)
- Australian Magpie (36)
- Giinbaywarraymal (36)
- Eastern Galah (35)
- Cape Barren Goose (32)
- Grey Fantail (31)
- South Australian Silvereye (31)
- Grey Teal (30)
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 Duck Ponds:
- Hawson (4 km)
- Boston (5 km)
- Port Lincoln (5.3 km)
- Tootenilla (7.1 km)
- Tiatukia (7.5 km)
- Tulka (8 km)
- Uley (9.6 km)
- Coomunga (10.7 km)
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Streets
- Averis Road (3)
- Concorde Road (4)
- Duck Pond Drive (6)
- Flinders Highway (1)
- Kathai Drive (2)
- Kennedy Drive (2)
- Pendale Road (4)
- Pine Freezers Road (1)
- Pound Lane (11)
- Stamford Drive (1)
- Western Approach Road (10)
- Woods Road (11)
