Lower Inman Valley SA 5211
260 addresses · 28 streets
Mayo Electorate › Victor Harbor LGA › Lower Inman Valley · 67 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Lower Inman Valley is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 517 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,812 a week, with median rent near $265 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Victor Harbor statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lower Inman Valley itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 optometrists
1 hospital
1 library
2 golf clubs
3 hardware stores
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: 11.3% 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 | 11.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 16.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 63.2%
Population by age in Lower Inman Valley
| 0-4 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 70 |
| 15-19 | 47 |
| 20-24 | 12 |
| 25-34 | 27 |
| 35-44 | 49 |
| 45-54 | 88 |
| 55-64 | 102 |
| 65-74 | 81 |
| 75-84 | 24 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Lower Inman Valley
| House | 177 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lower Inman Valley
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 47 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 51 |
| $3,000+ | 48 |
Top ancestries in Lower Inman Valley
| English | 251 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 227 |
| Scottish | 57 |
| Irish | 50 |
| German | 33 |
| Dutch | 23 |
Housing tenure in Lower Inman Valley
| Owned | 80 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 80 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Lower Inman Valley
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |
| 2 | 84 |
| 3 | 36 |
| 4+ | 33 |
Commute to work in Lower Inman Valley
| Car | 188 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 36 |
Top countries of birth in Lower Inman Valley
| England | 42 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 10 |
| Netherlands | 6 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 |
| Germany | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
49,497 bird observations recorded near Lower Inman Valley — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (3,581)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (3,343)
- Western Red Wattlebird (3,004)
- Eurasian Blackbird (2,887)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (2,547)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (2,480)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (2,261)
- Eastern Galah (2,219)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (2,191)
- Little Raven (1,797)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (1,658)
- Common Starling (1,578)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (1,565)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lower Inman Valley
- Western Striated Pardalote (1,414)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,392)
- Southern Magpie-lark (1,343)
- House Sparrow (1,209)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (1,207)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (1,173)
- Mount Lofty Ranges White-browed Scrubwren (1,157)
- Eastern Asian Spotted Dove (1,098)
- Black-chinned Honeyeater (eastern) (1,070)
- South-eastern Little Wattlebird (1,034)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (1,012)
- Dusky Moorhen (988)
- South Australian Silvereye (899)
- New Holland Honeyeater (881)
- Australian Wood Duck (859)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (828)
- Red Wattlebird (822)
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 Lower Inman Valley:
- Victor Harbor (3.9 km)
- Hindmarsh Valley (4 km)
- Mccracken (4.4 km)
- Encounter Bay (5.1 km)
- Hayborough (5.7 km)
- Back Valley (5.9 km)
- Waitpinga (6.1 km)
- Chiton (6.4 km)
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Streets
- Abend Road (2)
- Brook Road (8)
- Cartwright Road (15)
- Colebatch Road (16)
- Coote Road (3)
- Crossman Road (5)
- Day Road (1)
- Finniss Road (1)
- Fuller West Road (12)
- Glenvale Road (9)
- Greenhills Road (28)
- Hancock Road (1)
- Hawke Road (11)
- Hutton Road (1)
- Inman Valley Road (46)
- Macculloch Road (3)
- Memory Grove (3)
- Nottle Road (2)
- Pages Road (9)
- Sawpit Gully Road (2)
- Sawpit Road (6)
- Sinkinson Road (4)
- Spring Road (5)
- Stock Road (32)
- Stockridge Road (15)
- Swains Crossing Road (4)
- Water Reserve Road (13)
- Watson Road (3)
