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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.

91Population
40Median age
$1,625Median household income / wk
$84Median rent / wk
1.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2011 → 2021

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Leigh Creek Airport, 2.6 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs5/10

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

Where the trees are in Leigh Creek

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Leigh Creek SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20202.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20215.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 11.5% · Labour-force participation 65.8%

Population by age in Leigh Creek
Population by age, Leigh Creek SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-40
5-1411
15-190
20-2411
25-3421
35-4414
45-549
55-6421
65-746
75-840
85+0
Dwelling types in Leigh Creek
Dwelling types, Leigh Creek SA (ABS Census 2021)
House30
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Leigh Creek
Households by weekly income, Leigh Creek SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,49913
$1,500-2,99913
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Leigh Creek
Top ancestries, Leigh Creek SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian29
Ancestry NS25
English24
Aboriginal20
Irish7
Indian4
Housing tenure in Leigh Creek
Housing tenure, Leigh Creek SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned0
Mortgage0
Rented33
Other0
Cars per household in Leigh Creek
Cars per household, Leigh Creek SA (ABS Census 2021)
06
116
28
35
4+6
Commute to work in Leigh Creek
Commute to work, Leigh Creek SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car23
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked21
Bicycle0
Home0
Top countries of birth in Leigh Creek
Top countries of birth, Leigh Creek SA (ABS Census 2021)
India4
Languages used at home in Leigh Creek
Languages used at home, Leigh Creek SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous16
Tamil3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,230 bird observations recorded near Leigh Creek — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Leigh Creek

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.