Elliston SA 5670
414 addresses · 36 streets
Grey Electorate › Elliston LGA › Elliston · 370 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Elliston is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 375 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,166 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. 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 Le Hunte - Elliston statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Elliston itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 supermarket
1 pharmacy
1 hospital
1 post office
1 service station
1 golf club
2 bakeries
1 hairdresser
2 places 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: 1.5% 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 | 1.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.5% · Labour-force participation 54.1%
Population by age in Elliston
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 60 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 26 |
| 35-44 | 55 |
| 45-54 | 38 |
| 55-64 | 62 |
| 65-74 | 49 |
| 75-84 | 32 |
| 85+ | 8 |
Dwelling types in Elliston
| House | 139 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 5 |
Households by weekly income in Elliston
| <$650 | 33 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 57 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 35 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Elliston
| Australian | 157 |
|---|---|
| English | 147 |
| Irish | 49 |
| Scottish | 47 |
| Ancestry NS | 34 |
| German | 26 |
Housing tenure in Elliston
| Owned | 69 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 42 |
| Rented | 22 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Elliston
| 0 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 44 |
| 2 | 62 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Elliston
| Car | 94 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 28 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Elliston
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 6 |
| Ireland | 4 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Thailand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,055 bird observations recorded near Elliston — most often seen:
- Giinbaywarraymal (247)
- Red-capped Plover (149)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (130)
- Red-necked Stint (129)
- Rock Dove (114)
- West Coast Pacific Gull (111)
- Southern Sooty Oystercatcher (99)
- Common Starling (81)
- House Sparrow (74)
- Silver Gull (65)
- Ruddy Turnstone (63)
- Singing Honeyeater (56)
- Masked Lapwing (55)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Elliston
- Nankeen Kestrel (53)
- Pacific Gull (51)
- Caspian Tern (47)
- White-faced Heron (46)
- Pied Cormorant (45)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (44)
- Galah (44)
- Chestnut Teal (43)
- Eurasian Blackbird (40)
- Crested Tern (38)
- Welcome Swallow (37)
- Grey Teal (35)
- Willie Wagtail (34)
- Magpie-lark (33)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (33)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (30)
- Little Raven (29)
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 Elliston:
- Bramfield (10.6 km)
- Colton (17.8 km)
- Mount Joy (23.7 km)
- Mount Wedge (28 km)
- Kappawanta (32.2 km)
- Talia (36.9 km)
- Coolillie (37.3 km)
- Sheringa (38.3 km)
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Streets
- Agars Court (1)
- Alto Drive (4)
- Beach Terrace (62)
- Birdseye Highway (2)
- Clementina Drive (9)
- Clifftop Drive (3)
- Colton Back Road (3)
- Dinnison Court (3)
- East Terrace (15)
- Esplanade (39)
- Flinders Highway (51)
- Fourth Street (5)
- Gannet Crescent (6)
- Grove Road (2)
- Kapara Road (2)
- Little Bay Road (16)
- Memorial Drive (20)
- Ninth Street (1)
- North Terrace (11)
- Parndana Road (14)
- Rupara Circuit (18)
- Second Street (1)
- Seventh Street (25)
- Sheoak Lane (2)
- Silo Road (8)
- Sixth Street (27)
- Spindrift Road (12)
- Stormbird Road (9)
- Sundowner Drive (8)
- Three Lakes Road (1)
- Walkers Rock Road (1)
- Wandana Road (14)
- Waratah Road (4)
- Waterloo Bay Drive (10)
- Waterloo Bay Road (1)
- Wookata Drive (4)
