Gum Creek SA 5417
21 addresses · 7 streets
Grey Electorate › Goyder LGA › Gum Creek · 137 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Gum Creek is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 30 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 50% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Goyder statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gum Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
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: 0.7% 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 | 0.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in Gum Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Gum Creek
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Gum Creek
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Gum Creek
| Australian | 13 |
|---|---|
| English | 5 |
| German | 5 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Gum Creek
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Gum Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Gum Creek
| Car | 10 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
13 bird observations recorded near Gum Creek — most often seen:
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet (2)
- Common Starling (1)
- Crimson Rosella (1)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (1)
- Eastern Galah (1)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (1)
- House Sparrow (1)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1)
- Red-rumped Parrot (1)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (1)
- Southern Magpie-lark (1)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (1)
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 Gum Creek:
- Leighton (5.6 km)
- Hanson (8.6 km)
- Hilltown (12.6 km)
- Farrell Flat (14 km)
- Hill River (14.8 km)
- Burra (15 km)
- Barinia (15.1 km)
- Booborowie (15.7 km)
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Streets
- Booborowie Road (3)
- Braefoot Road (7)
- East Dip Road (3)
- Goodridge Road (3)
- Gum Creek Road (3)
- Jacka Road (1)
- Miller Road (1)
