Fountain SA 5607
7 addresses · 3 streets
Grey Electorate › Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA › Fountain · 273 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Fountain is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 9 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,624 a week, with median rent near $140 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 100% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Scottish, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Eyre Peninsula statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Fountain 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: 29.3% 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 | 29.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 48.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Fountain
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Fountain
| House | 8 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Fountain
| Australian | 4 |
|---|---|
| Scottish | 4 |
| English | 3 |
| Irish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Fountain
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Fountain
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Fountain
| Car | 7 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
583 bird observations recorded near Fountain — most often seen:
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (35)
- South Australian Silvereye (34)
- Western Red Wattlebird (31)
- Nullarbor Coast Spotted Scrubwren (30)
- Little Raven (25)
- Southern Weebill (25)
- Brown Currawong (24)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (24)
- Diamond Firetail (23)
- Eastern Galah (23)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (23)
- Western Striated Pardalote (23)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (22)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Fountain
- Common Bronzewing (19)
- Eyre Peninsula Southern Emu-wren (19)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (17)
- New Holland Honeyeater (16)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (16)
- Australian Ringneck (14)
- Grey Fantail (14)
- Superb Fairy-wren (14)
- Common Starling (13)
- Eastern Osprey (13)
- Red Wattlebird (13)
- Silvereye (13)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (12)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (12)
- Southern Inland Thornbill (12)
- Southern Scrub-robin (12)
- Yellow-rumped Pardalote (12)
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 Fountain:
- Pearlah (5.1 km)
- Wanilla (8.6 km)
- Coomunga (9.3 km)
- Uley (12.7 km)
- Green Patch (12.9 km)
- Tootenilla (15.1 km)
- Wangary (15.3 km)
- Charlton Gully (15.4 km)
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Streets
- Flinders Highway (4)
- Merintha Creek Road (1)
- Tod Highway (2)