Macgillivray SA 5223
72 addresses · 16 streets
Mayo Electorate › Kangaroo Island LGA › Macgillivray · 144 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Macgillivray is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 117 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,937 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kangaroo Island statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Macgillivray itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 39.1% 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 | 39.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 51.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 72.8%
Population by age in Macgillivray
| 0-4 | 12 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 19 |
| 55-64 | 23 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Macgillivray
| House | 28 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Macgillivray
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Macgillivray
| Australian | 75 |
|---|---|
| English | 30 |
| Ancestry NS | 16 |
| Scottish | 11 |
| German | 5 |
| Other | 4 |
Housing tenure in Macgillivray
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 19 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Macgillivray
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Macgillivray
| Car | 26 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 22 |
Top countries of birth in Macgillivray
| Japan | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Macgillivray
| Japanese | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
208 bird observations recorded near Macgillivray — most often seen:
- Masked Lapwing (19)
- Red-capped Plover (18)
- Red-necked Stint (16)
- Curlew Sandpiper (15)
- Common Greenshank (13)
- Australian Shelduck (9)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (9)
- New Zealand Double-banded Plover (8)
- Black Swan (7)
- Crescent Honeyeater (6)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (6)
- Pacific Black Duck (6)
- Australasian Shoveler (5)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Macgillivray
- Banded Stilt (5)
- Common Bronzewing (5)
- Grey Currawong (5)
- Kangaroo Island Red Wattlebird (5)
- Kangaroo Island Superb Fairy-wren (5)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (5)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (5)
- Black-shouldered Kite (4)
- Eastern Galah (4)
- Grey Teal (4)
- Little Raven (4)
- Mainland Wedge-tailed Eagle (4)
- Red Wattlebird (4)
- Australian Magpie (3)
- Australian White Ibis (3)
- Chestnut Teal (3)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (3)
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 Macgillivray:
- Birchmore (8.4 km)
- Kohinoor (10.3 km)
- D'estrees Bay (13.8 km)
- Haines (15.4 km)
- Nepean Bay (15.8 km)
- Cygnet River (17.2 km)
- Seddon (17.8 km)
- Menzies (17.9 km)
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Streets
- Birchmore Road (7)
- East West One Highway (2)
- Elsegood Road (7)
- Hawks Nest Road (3)
- Lades Road (6)
- Rowland Hill Highway (4)
- Seagers Road (8)
- South Coast Road (17)
- Starrs Road (1)
- Three Chain Road (6)
- Timber Creek Road (2)
- Veitchs Road (1)
- Wattle Grove (1)
- West Road (3)
- Wheatons Road (2)
- Willsons Road (2)
