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Gladstone SA 5473

597 addresses · 54 streets

Grey Electorate › Northern Areas LGA › Gladstone · 186 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Gladstone is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 745 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $935 a week, with median rent near $160 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

745Population
51Median age
$935Median household income / wk
$160Median rent / wk
2.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Jamestown statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gladstone itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Port Pirie Airport, 33.8 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 0.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Gladstone

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Gladstone SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20200.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20212.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.2% · Labour-force participation 46.3%

Population by age in Gladstone
Population by age, Gladstone SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-440
5-1480
15-1949
20-2426
25-3466
35-4465
45-5482
55-64127
65-74137
75-8463
85+10
Dwelling types in Gladstone
Dwelling types, Gladstone SA (ABS Census 2021)
House302
Townhouse12
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Gladstone
Households by weekly income, Gladstone SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65084
$650-1,499110
$1,500-2,99974
$3,000+19
Top ancestries in Gladstone
Top ancestries, Gladstone SA (ABS Census 2021)
English307
Australian288
Ancestry NS80
German75
Irish74
Scottish63
Housing tenure in Gladstone
Housing tenure, Gladstone SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned145
Mortgage88
Rented53
Other22
Cars per household in Gladstone
Cars per household, Gladstone SA (ABS Census 2021)
015
1112
2118
344
4+24
Commute to work in Gladstone
Commute to work, Gladstone SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car195
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked21
Bicycle0
Home34
Top countries of birth in Gladstone
Top countries of birth, Gladstone SA (ABS Census 2021)
England20
New Zealand9
China5
Germany5
India3
Poland3
Languages used at home in Gladstone
Languages used at home, Gladstone SA (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin8

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

462 bird observations recorded near Gladstone — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Gladstone

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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