Gerard SA 5343
55 addresses · 10 streets
Barker Electorate › Unincorporated SA LGA › Gerard · 182 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Gerard is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 50 people, with a median age of 27. The typical household earns around $737 a week, with median rent near $90 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 Aboriginal, Australian, Chinese. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Renmark Airport, 26.5 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: 32.3% 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 | 32.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 58.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 12.5% · Labour-force participation 22.2%
Population by age in Gerard
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 8 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Gerard
| House | 14 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Gerard
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Gerard
| Aboriginal | 45 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 4 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
| English | 0 |
Housing tenure in Gerard
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 14 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Gerard
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Gerard
| Car | 8 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,743 bird observations recorded near Gerard — most often seen:
- Australian Pelican (181)
- Little Black Cormorant (133)
- Australian Wood Duck (112)
- Great Cormorant (102)
- Grey Teal (94)
- Australasian Darter (89)
- Pacific Black Duck (79)
- Australian Shelduck (67)
- Australian White Ibis (nominate Subspecies) (58)
- Pied Cormorant (53)
- Australian Great Pied Cormorant (52)
- Black Swan (50)
- Crimson Rosella (50)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Gerard
- White-plumed Honeyeater (49)
- Great Egret (46)
- Australian Raven (41)
- Whistling Kite (41)
- Australian Magpie (40)
- Australian Ringneck (39)
- Western Striated Pardalote (38)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (37)
- Galah (37)
- White-faced Heron (37)
- Australasian Little Pied Cormorant (34)
- North-eastern Brown Treecreeper (33)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (32)
- Tree Martin (32)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (31)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (30)
- Little Pied Cormorant (26)
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 Gerard:
- Spectacle Lake (6.6 km)
- Pyap (7.1 km)
- New Residence (7.2 km)
- Winkie (8.8 km)
- Wappilka (10.9 km)
- Loveday (11.1 km)
- Bookpurnong (11.5 km)
- Glossop (12.4 km)
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Streets
- Bonney Street (1)
- Disher Avenue (3)
- First Street (1)
- Hunter Street (9)
- Karpany Street (11)
- Mason Street (12)
- Moodoo Crescent (5)
- Pearson Street (2)
- Second Street (4)
- Southwell Road (7)