Ettrick SA 5253
51 addresses · 11 streets
Barker Electorate › Murray Bridge LGA › Ettrick · 87 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Ettrick is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 37 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $725 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 33% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Murray Bridge Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ettrick 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: 15.3% 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 | 15.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 25.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.8% · Labour-force participation 75%
Population by age in Ettrick
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ettrick
| House | 13 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Ettrick
| Australian | 17 |
|---|---|
| English | 13 |
| Irish | 4 |
| Scottish | 4 |
| German | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Ettrick
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Ettrick
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Ettrick
| Car | 6 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
350 bird observations recorded near Ettrick — most often seen:
- Variegated Fairy-wren (20)
- White-winged Chough (19)
- Black-winged Currawong (17)
- Galah (17)
- Australian Magpie (16)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (16)
- Little Raven (16)
- White-browed Babbler (15)
- Australian Ringneck (14)
- Common Bronzewing (14)
- Malleefowl (14)
- Red Wattlebird (12)
- Weebill (12)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ettrick
- Mulga Parrot (11)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (10)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (10)
- Mainland Purple-gaped Honeyeater (10)
- Southern Scrub-robin (10)
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (10)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (9)
- Spotted Pardalote (9)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (8)
- Inland Purple-backed Fairy-wren (8)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (8)
- Striped Honeyeater (8)
- White-browed Woodswallow (8)
- Willie Wagtail (8)
- Shy Heathwren (7)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (7)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (7)
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 Ettrick:
- Chapman Bore (11.2 km)
- Burdett (14.5 km)
- Teal Flat (14.5 km)
- Bowhill (15.9 km)
- Younghusband Holdings (15.9 km)
- Julanka Holdings (16 km)
- Lake Carlet (16 km)
- Old Teal Flat (16.2 km)
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Streets
- Boundary Road (1)
- Bowhill Road (22)
- Burbidge Road (5)
- Drualat Bore Road (4)
- Glenburr Road (1)
- Green Road (3)
- Jackson Road (9)
- Karoonda Highway (3)
- Launer Road (1)
- Morrell Road (1)
- Rock And Roll Road (1)
