Glenburnie SA 5291
221 addresses · 27 streets
Barker Electorate › Grant LGA › Glenburnie · 381 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Glenburnie is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 396 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,910 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mount Gambier statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Glenburnie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
2 golf clubs
2 plumbers
Getting around. Airport: Mount Gambier Airport, 11.7 km north-west.
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: 58.8% 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 | 58.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 61.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1% · Labour-force participation 66.1%
Population by age in Glenburnie
| 0-4 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 61 |
| 15-19 | 30 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 34 |
| 35-44 | 41 |
| 45-54 | 62 |
| 55-64 | 64 |
| 65-74 | 45 |
| 75-84 | 22 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Glenburnie
| House | 136 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Glenburnie
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 46 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 47 |
| $3,000+ | 20 |
Top ancestries in Glenburnie
| Australian | 201 |
|---|---|
| English | 134 |
| Scottish | 39 |
| German | 26 |
| Ancestry NS | 21 |
| Irish | 17 |
Housing tenure in Glenburnie
| Owned | 47 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 69 |
| Rented | 18 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Glenburnie
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 59 |
| 3 | 32 |
| 4+ | 27 |
Commute to work in Glenburnie
| Car | 166 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Glenburnie
| England | 12 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Languages used at home in Glenburnie
| Italian | 5 |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,371 bird observations recorded near Glenburnie — most often seen:
- Eurasian Blackbird (151)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (107)
- European Goldfinch (95)
- New Holland Honeyeater (86)
- House Sparrow (76)
- Common Starling (72)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (54)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (51)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (50)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (45)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (41)
- Red Wattlebird (40)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (40)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Glenburnie
- Southern Magpie-lark (39)
- Australian Magpie (36)
- Australian Raven (36)
- Eastern Galah (34)
- South-eastern Little Wattlebird (34)
- Long-billed Corella (33)
- Common Bronzewing (31)
- White-naped Honeyeater (30)
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (26)
- Little Raven (24)
- Magpie-lark (22)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (21)
- Southern Forest Raven (21)
- Eastern Scarlet Robin (20)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (19)
- White-browed Scrubwren (19)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (18)
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 Glenburnie:
- Yahl (3.7 km)
- Worrolong (4 km)
- Square Mile (4.9 km)
- Mount Gambier (6.1 km)
- Ob Flat (6.6 km)
- Mil-lel (7.5 km)
- Suttontown (9.1 km)
- Caroline (9.9 km)
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Streets
- Archie Place (6)
- Attamurra Road (7)
- Attiwill Road (6)
- Brown Road (6)
- Caroline Road (5)
- Chambers Road (8)
- Dunning Court (9)
- Evans Road (3)
- Fairbanks Road (4)
- Fox Court (7)
- Glenelg Highway (24)
- Harmac Road (1)
- Hawkins Road (5)
- Hillcrest Road (3)
- Jubilee Highway E (12)
- Koenig Court (4)
- Kromelite Road (21)
- Mulcahy Court (4)
- Old Gold Road (8)
- Princes Highway (33)
- Racecourse Crescent (7)
- Ruwoldt Road (1)
- Sycamore Road (4)
- Terrell Road (17)
- Vorwerk Road (2)
- Wireless Road E (11)
- Yahl Road (3)
