Eyre SA 5121
862 addresses · 46 streets
Spence Electorate › Playford LGA › Eyre · 27 km from Adelaide
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Living Here
Eyre is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,113 people, with a median age of 28. The typical household earns around $1,688 a week, with median rent near $335 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $720,000.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
2 Catholic churches
2 doctors & medical clinics
1 dentist
2 libraries
3 post offices
1 dog park
2 hardware stores
3 mechanics
2 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Broadmeadows, 1.7 km east · Bus interchange: Elizabeth City Centre Interchange, 3 km south · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 30 km south.
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.
Median Sale Prices
Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Metropolitan Median House Sales, Valuer-General South Australia.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 4.3% 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 | 4.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 4.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 77.1%
Population by age in Eyre
| 0-4 | 144 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 147 |
| 15-19 | 36 |
| 20-24 | 95 |
| 25-34 | 338 |
| 35-44 | 149 |
| 45-54 | 80 |
| 55-64 | 81 |
| 65-74 | 29 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Eyre
| House | 396 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 5 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Eyre
| <$650 | 21 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 148 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 172 |
| $3,000+ | 50 |
Top ancestries in Eyre
| English | 441 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 379 |
| Other | 216 |
| Scottish | 108 |
| Irish | 75 |
| German | 60 |
Housing tenure in Eyre
| Owned | 31 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 295 |
| Rented | 75 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Eyre
| 0 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 139 |
| 2 | 178 |
| 3 | 54 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Eyre
| Car | 481 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 10 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 5 |
| Home | 31 |
Top countries of birth in Eyre
| England | 35 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 32 |
| India | 19 |
| Cambodia | 16 |
| Afghanistan | 11 |
| Fiji | 11 |
Languages used at home in Eyre
| Khmer | 22 |
|---|---|
| Filipino | 13 |
| Punjabi | 12 |
| Tagalog | 11 |
| Vietnamese | 11 |
| Nepali | 10 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,402 bird observations recorded near Eyre — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (206)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (198)
- Red Wattlebird (177)
- Australian Magpie (176)
- Little Raven (173)
- Magpie-lark (160)
- New Holland Honeyeater (150)
- Willie Wagtail (133)
- Galah (128)
- House Sparrow (126)
- Crimson Rosella (123)
- Pacific Black Duck (116)
- Crested Pigeon (112)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Eyre
- Common Starling (111)
- Rock Dove (111)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (103)
- Australian Wood Duck (97)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (97)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (94)
- Australian White Ibis (91)
- Southern Magpie-lark (87)
- White-faced Heron (84)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (76)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (72)
- Eurasian Blackbird (71)
- Eurasian Coot (69)
- Striated Pardalote (67)
- Dusky Moorhen (66)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (65)
- Little Pied Cormorant (63)
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 Eyre:
- Davoren Park (1.2 km)
- Edinburgh North (1.5 km)
- Andrews Farm (1.7 km)
- Elizabeth North (2.2 km)
- Penfield (2.4 km)
- Smithfield Plains (2.7 km)
- Smithfield (3 km)
- Macdonald Park (3.1 km)
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Streets
- Ashby Crescent (33)
- Bass Circuit (36)
- Baxter Avenue (51)
- Beech Lane (4)
- Begonia Drive (22)
- Blatchford Road (4)
- Booyong Drive (22)
- Bottlebrush Road (15)
- Brittlewood Drive (33)
- Burke Circuit (45)
- Casuarina Way (20)
- Cleveland Road (19)
- Cyperus Way (4)
- Edward John Parade (40)
- Encounter Avenue (15)
- Erskine Drive (4)
- Eyre Boulevard (38)
- Eyre Circuit (18)
- Forrest Lane (6)
- Hanne Street (6)
- Hume Circuit (18)
- Karkoo Crescent (3)
- King George Lane (4)
- Lady Ellen Lane (4)
- Lily Street (32)
- Linstrom Circuit (28)
- Ormsby Road (3)
- Petherton Road (3)
- Pioneer Way (28)
- Quirk Lane (6)
- Read Lane (6)
- Rivergum Close (4)
- Rosella Drive (10)
- Stebonheath Road (74)
- Sturt Circuit (36)
- Tallerack Street (24)
- Teague Road (19)
- Teak Lane (4)
- Tonkin Terrace (18)
- Waratah Avenue (73)
- Way Street (6)
- Willis Court (1)
- Wills Court (4)
- Womma Road (2)
- Work Road (13)
- Wylie Lane (4)
