Light Pass SA 5355
141 addresses · 9 streets
Barker Electorate › Barossa LGA › Light Pass · 64 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Light Pass is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 256 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,593 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include German, English, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Nuriootpa statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Light Pass itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
1 post office
3 service stations
4 gyms & sports centres
1 golf club
1 butcher
1 hardware store
1 mechanic
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: 4.5% 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 | 4.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 28.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 0.7% · Labour-force participation 69.6%
Population by age in Light Pass
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 30 |
| 15-19 | 24 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 18 |
| 35-44 | 29 |
| 45-54 | 44 |
| 55-64 | 46 |
| 65-74 | 32 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Light Pass
| House | 92 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Light Pass
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 25 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 23 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Light Pass
| German | 94 |
|---|---|
| English | 83 |
| Australian | 81 |
| Irish | 27 |
| Ancestry NS | 25 |
| Scottish | 24 |
Housing tenure in Light Pass
| Owned | 50 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 22 |
| Rented | 17 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Light Pass
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 29 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 19 |
Commute to work in Light Pass
| Car | 97 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 20 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 26 |
Top countries of birth in Light Pass
| England | 10 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 5 |
| South Africa | 5 |
Languages used at home in Light Pass
| German | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,411 bird observations recorded near Light Pass — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (333)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (327)
- Southern Magpie-lark (321)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (280)
- Common Starling (276)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (232)
- Australian Wood Duck (229)
- Eastern Galah (220)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (197)
- Dusky Moorhen (175)
- Rock Dove (170)
- Western Striated Pardalote (167)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (165)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Light Pass
- Eurasian Coot (163)
- Noisy Miner (161)
- House Sparrow (160)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (154)
- Australian Magpie (153)
- Grey Teal (151)
- Eurasian Blackbird (143)
- Black-tailed Native-hen (141)
- Galah (140)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (132)
- Black Swan (130)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (127)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (121)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (119)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (110)
- Long-billed Corella (109)
- Birds (105)
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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Streets
- Immanuel Way (8)
- Kalimna Road (40)
- Light Pass Road (37)
- Penrice Road (9)
- Research Road (14)
- Saleyards Road (4)
- Stockwell Road (24)
- Waechters Road (1)
- Willows Road (4)
