Louth Bay SA 5607
116 addresses · 12 streets
Grey Electorate › Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA › Louth Bay · 248 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Louth Bay is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 125 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $969 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Eyre Peninsula statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Louth Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 parks
1 beach
1 golf club
1 playground
Getting around. Airport: Port Lincoln Airport, 8.4 km south-west.
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: 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 | 3.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 4.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.6% · Labour-force participation 49.6%
Population by age in Louth Bay
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 17 |
| 55-64 | 31 |
| 65-74 | 28 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Louth Bay
| House | 70 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Louth Bay
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 32 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Louth Bay
| English | 66 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 42 |
| German | 23 |
| Irish | 20 |
| Scottish | 19 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
Housing tenure in Louth Bay
| Owned | 32 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 20 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Louth Bay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |
| 2 | 24 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Louth Bay
| Car | 35 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Louth Bay
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,353 bird observations recorded near Louth Bay — most often seen:
- Eastern Cape Barren Goose (120)
- West Coast Pacific Gull (72)
- Common Starling (71)
- Giinbaywarraymal (68)
- Cape Barren Goose (66)
- Red-capped Plover (63)
- Nankeen Kestrel (60)
- Singing Honeyeater (59)
- House Sparrow (57)
- Crested Tern (49)
- Pied Cormorant (47)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (45)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (44)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Louth Bay
- Black-faced Cormorant (43)
- Australian Pelican (42)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (38)
- Pacific Gull (36)
- New Holland Honeyeater (33)
- White-faced Heron (33)
- Silver Gull (32)
- Chestnut Teal (31)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (31)
- Eurasian Blackbird (29)
- Southern Sooty Oystercatcher (28)
- Galah (27)
- Rock Dove (27)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (26)
- Masked Lapwing (26)
- Diamond Firetail (25)
- Dusky Woodswallow (25)
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 Louth Bay:
- Poonindie (5.6 km)
- Whites River (5.9 km)
- Whites Flat (7.7 km)
- Point Boston (8.9 km)
- North Shields (10.3 km)
- Charlton Gully (11.6 km)
- Koppio (14.1 km)
- Green Patch (14.2 km)
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Streets
- Campbell Court (5)
- Central Street (31)
- Higgins Road (4)
- High Street (1)
- Lincoln Highway (11)
- Louth Terrace (12)
- Neideck Road (1)
- Newell Drive (10)
- North West Terrace (2)
- O'shanahan Drive (7)
- South East Terrace (19)
- The Haven Drive (13)
