Hindmarsh Island SA 5214

Living Here

Hindmarsh Island is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,846 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $1,123 a week, with median rent near $330 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Goolwa - Port Elliot statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hindmarsh Island itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Goolwa Primary School
  • Investigator College
• 2 golf clubs

  • South Lakes Golf Club
  • Goolwa Golf Course
• 1 hardware store

  • Home Timber & Hardware
• 8 places to stay

  • Karinga Park Homestead
  • Hindmarsh Island Caravan Park
  • Narnu Farm
  • Goolwa Riverport Motel
  • Marine Cove Resort
  • Corio Hotel
  • Goolwa Central Motel
  • Discovery Parks - Goolwa

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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: 4.2% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 6.4% · Labour-force participation 42%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

55,011 bird observations recorded near Hindmarsh Island — most often seen:

• Black Swan (3,367)
• Australian Pelican (3,258)
• Pacific Black Duck (2,629)
• Grey Teal (2,569)
• Giinbaywarraymal (2,410)
• Australian White Ibis (2,316)
• Great Egret (2,222)
• Great Cormorant (2,191)
• White-faced Heron (2,152)
• Caspian Tern (2,092)
• Common Starling (1,963)
• Little Pied Cormorant (1,922)
• Crested Tern (1,841)

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 Hindmarsh Island:

• Goolwa North (2.7 km)
• Goolwa South (3.7 km)
• Goolwa (4 km)
• Goolwa Beach (4.8 km)
• Middleton (9.3 km)
• Currency Creek (9.3 km)
• Clayton Bay (9.5 km)
• Mundoo Island (9.7 km)

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