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Macclesfield SA 5153

765 addresses · 65 streets

Mayo Electorate › Mount Barker LGA › Macclesfield · 35 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Macclesfield is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,413 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,605 a week, with median rent near $308 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

1,413Population
47Median age
$1,605Median household income / wk
$308Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Mount Barker Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Macclesfield itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Adelaide Airport, 38 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs8/10

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: 18.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Macclesfield

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

Tree cover measures, Macclesfield SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202018.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202137.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 64.5%

Population by age in Macclesfield
Population by age, Macclesfield SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-466
5-14150
15-1966
20-2480
25-34162
35-44144
45-54207
55-64250
65-74207
75-8470
85+11
Dwelling types in Macclesfield
Dwelling types, Macclesfield SA (ABS Census 2021)
House546
Townhouse3
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Macclesfield
Households by weekly income, Macclesfield SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65073
$650-1,499156
$1,500-2,999172
$3,000+89
Top ancestries in Macclesfield
Top ancestries, Macclesfield SA (ABS Census 2021)
English712
Australian555
German183
Scottish181
Irish107
Ancestry NS76
Housing tenure in Macclesfield
Housing tenure, Macclesfield SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned215
Mortgage287
Rented38
Other6
Cars per household in Macclesfield
Cars per household, Macclesfield SA (ABS Census 2021)
04
1125
2242
3112
4+64
Commute to work in Macclesfield
Commute to work, Macclesfield SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car521
Train0
Bus3
Tram/ferry0
Walked13
Bicycle5
Home86
Top countries of birth in Macclesfield
Top countries of birth, Macclesfield SA (ABS Census 2021)
England108
Germany15
Scotland10
Netherlands8
Iran7
Chile5
Languages used at home in Macclesfield
Languages used at home, Macclesfield SA (ABS Census 2021)
German10
Persian7
Mandarin4
Spanish4
Australian Indigenous3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

3,587 bird observations recorded near Macclesfield — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Macclesfield

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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