Leigh Creek SA 5731
544 addresses · 28 streets
Grey Electorate › Unincorporated SA LGA › Leigh Creek · 483 km from Adelaide
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Living Here
Leigh Creek is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 91 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $84 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 100% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Ancestry NS, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 supermarket
2 hospitals
1 childcare centre
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
2 gyms & sports centres
1 mechanic
Getting around. Airport: Leigh Creek Airport, 2.6 km 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: 2.3% 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 | 2.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 5.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 11.5% · Labour-force participation 65.8%
Population by age in Leigh Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 9 |
| 55-64 | 21 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Leigh Creek
| House | 30 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Leigh Creek
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Leigh Creek
| Australian | 29 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 25 |
| English | 24 |
| Aboriginal | 20 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Indian | 4 |
Housing tenure in Leigh Creek
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 33 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Leigh Creek
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Leigh Creek
| Car | 23 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 21 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Leigh Creek
| India | 4 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Leigh Creek
| Australian Indigenous | 16 |
|---|---|
| Tamil | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,230 bird observations recorded near Leigh Creek — most often seen:
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (202)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (126)
- House Sparrow (99)
- Central White-plumed Honeyeater (97)
- Grey Teal (92)
- Magpie-lark (86)
- Musk Duck (86)
- Australian Raven (82)
- Willie Wagtail (81)
- Zebra Finch (80)
- Eurasian Coot (77)
- Yellow-throated Miner (77)
- Crested Pigeon (73)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Leigh Creek
- Eastern Australian Raven (69)
- Black Kite (67)
- Inland Yellow-throated Miner (66)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (65)
- Black Swan (62)
- Nankeen Kestrel (57)
- Australian Ringneck (56)
- Eastern Little Corella (55)
- Hardhead (55)
- Mainland White-winged Fairy-wren (55)
- Galah (54)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (54)
- Australian Magpie (52)
- Southern Magpie-lark (52)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (51)
- Little Corella (51)
- Mallee Ringneck (51)
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 Leigh Creek:
- Copley (5 km)
- Leigh Creek Station (7.6 km)
- North Moolooloo (11.4 km)
- Puttapa (16.9 km)
- Myrtle Springs (19.8 km)
- Beltana (24.5 km)
- Beltana Station (25.6 km)
- Burr Well (27.9 km)
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Streets
- Belah Street (21)
- Black Oak Drive (147)
- Blackbutt Street (38)
- Bluebush Road (6)
- Boobialla Place (14)
- Coolabah Street (32)
- Coral Gum Place (14)
- Dundas Place (9)
- Gidgee Place (11)
- Gimlet Place (15)
- Ironbark Place (11)
- Kurrajong Place (24)
- Mallee Street (27)
- Marlock Place (13)
- Moonah Street (25)
- Moort Street (2)
- Mulga Street (39)
- Myall Place (6)
- Quandong Place (12)
- Red Gum Place (15)
- Salmon Place (7)
- Sugarwood Place (5)
- The Outback Highway (1)
- Ti Tree Place (10)
- Tuart Place (11)
- Wattle Place (16)
- Yate Street (6)
- Yorrell Place (7)
