Lyrup SA 5343
206 addresses · 20 streets
Barker Electorate › Renmark Paringa LGA › Lyrup · 203 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Lyrup is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 346 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $971 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Renmark Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lyrup itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 Catholic church
1 optometrist
2 hospitals
1 post office
1 service station
4 hardware stores
3 carpenters
Getting around. Ferry wharf: Lyrup, 1.5 km north-west · Airport: Renmark Airport, 6.9 km north.
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: 8.2% 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 | 8.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 48.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.3% · Labour-force participation 44.6%
Population by age in Lyrup
| 0-4 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 30 |
| 15-19 | 22 |
| 20-24 | 19 |
| 25-34 | 33 |
| 35-44 | 29 |
| 45-54 | 38 |
| 55-64 | 59 |
| 65-74 | 58 |
| 75-84 | 28 |
| 85+ | 10 |
Dwelling types in Lyrup
| House | 123 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lyrup
| <$650 | 20 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 45 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 29 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Lyrup
| Australian | 141 |
|---|---|
| English | 114 |
| Ancestry NS | 56 |
| German | 40 |
| Italian | 29 |
| Scottish | 18 |
Housing tenure in Lyrup
| Owned | 65 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 31 |
| Rented | 24 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Lyrup
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 40 |
| 2 | 43 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Lyrup
| Car | 88 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Lyrup
| Italy | 7 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Languages used at home in Lyrup
| Italian | 13 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,714 bird observations recorded near Lyrup — most often seen:
- Whistling Kite (460)
- Australian Pelican (322)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (286)
- Yellow Rosella (246)
- Australasian Darter (228)
- Australian Wood Duck (226)
- Red-rumped Parrot (222)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (221)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (208)
- Noisy Miner (204)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (198)
- Australian Magpie (193)
- Grey Teal (191)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lyrup
- Crested Pigeon (182)
- Bluebonnet (177)
- Crimson Rosella (164)
- Pacific Black Duck (163)
- Chestnut-crowned Babbler (157)
- North-eastern Brown Treecreeper (154)
- Magpie-lark (152)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (149)
- Caspian Tern (146)
- Southern Magpie-lark (143)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (140)
- Common Starling (136)
- Little Pied Cormorant (135)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (131)
- Australian Shelduck (128)
- Australian Raven (127)
- Black Swan (125)
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 Lyrup:
- Gurra Gurra (4.6 km)
- Berri (5.8 km)
- Old Calperum (6.5 km)
- Renmark South (8.5 km)
- Monash (8.8 km)
- Crescent (10.1 km)
- Bookpurnong (11.3 km)
- Glossop (11.4 km)
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Streets
- Beames Road (9)
- Bollenhagen Place (13)
- Brown Street (9)
- Downer Avenue (21)
- Gallary Terrace (8)
- Gurra Road (1)
- Lagoon Drive (4)
- Lyrup Main Road (15)
- Nolan Road (4)
- Ohlson Road (2)
- Pike Creek Road (45)
- Pomroy Crescent (17)
- Rupert Court (13)
- Stanitzki Road (4)
- Sykes Lane (3)
- Thayne Terrace (13)
- Tschirpig Lane (5)
- Walling Place (2)
- Weaver Road (8)
- Wilson Parade (10)
