Glencoe SA 5291
323 addresses · 37 streets
Barker Electorate › Wattle Range LGA › Glencoe · 355 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Glencoe is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 633 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,431 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 7% 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 Wattle Range statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Glencoe itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 post office
Getting around. Airport: Mount Gambier Airport, 17.9 km south-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: 35% 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 | 35.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 43.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 67.7%
Population by age in Glencoe
| 0-4 | 29 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 92 |
| 15-19 | 48 |
| 20-24 | 24 |
| 25-34 | 58 |
| 35-44 | 83 |
| 45-54 | 87 |
| 55-64 | 99 |
| 65-74 | 93 |
| 75-84 | 18 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Glencoe
| House | 246 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Glencoe
| <$650 | 33 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 80 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 75 |
| $3,000+ | 31 |
Top ancestries in Glencoe
| Australian | 325 |
|---|---|
| English | 255 |
| Scottish | 77 |
| Irish | 63 |
| German | 44 |
| Dutch | 17 |
Housing tenure in Glencoe
| Owned | 100 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 118 |
| Rented | 16 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Glencoe
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 41 |
| 2 | 108 |
| 3 | 55 |
| 4+ | 35 |
Commute to work in Glencoe
| Car | 241 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 40 |
Top countries of birth in Glencoe
| England | 15 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 7 |
| New Zealand | 6 |
| South Africa | 6 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 |
Languages used at home in Glencoe
| Afrikaans | 7 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,305 bird observations recorded near Glencoe — most often seen:
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (96)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (85)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (71)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (61)
- Eurasian Blackbird (57)
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (57)
- Little Raven (56)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (56)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (46)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (44)
- Superb Fairy-wren (41)
- Common Starling (40)
- Blue-winged Parrot (39)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Glencoe
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (39)
- White-browed Scrubwren (39)
- South-eastern Yellow Robin (38)
- South-eastern Little Wattlebird (37)
- Eastern Galah (35)
- European Goldfinch (35)
- South-eastern Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (35)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (34)
- Australian Magpie (32)
- South Australian Striated Thornbill (30)
- Southern Magpie-lark (30)
- White-naped Honeyeater (30)
- Grey Fantail (29)
- South Australian Silvereye (29)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (28)
- Southern Red-browed Finch (28)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (28)
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 Glencoe:
- Koorine (6 km)
- Burrungule (10.7 km)
- Wepar (12 km)
- Dismal Swamp (12.8 km)
- Tantanoola (13.6 km)
- Wandilo (13.8 km)
- Kalangadoo (15.9 km)
- Mount Mcintyre (16.8 km)
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Streets
- Agars Road (9)
- Buchanan Road (1)
- Burston Road (12)
- Cameron Road (2)
- Cases Road (1)
- Copping Road (6)
- Cram Road (7)
- Diagonal Road (1)
- Dow Road (13)
- Dwyer Road (5)
- Earls Road (2)
- Glencoe Road (38)
- Glencoe West Road (27)
- Guerin Lane (14)
- Hunters Lane (1)
- Kangaroo Flat Road (21)
- Kennedy Road (4)
- Kirip Road (35)
- Lake Edward Road (25)
- Lamont Road (4)
- Lobley Way (4)
- Marshal Road (1)
- Medhurst Road (6)
- Mile Hill Road (3)
- Overland Track (3)
- Ryans Road (6)
- Sims Road (18)
- Smelt Road (1)
- Tarqua Road (2)
- Telfer Place (2)
- The Springs Road (17)
- Thomas Road (3)
- Von Duve Place (1)
- Wandilo Forest Road (4)
- Wilson Lane (13)
- Woolshed Road (10)
- Woolwash Road (1)
