Makin SA 5267
19 addresses · 3 streets
Barker Electorate › Tatiara LGA › Makin · 210 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Makin is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 17 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $2,374 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 100% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. 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 Tatiara statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Makin 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: 4.6% 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 | 4.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 6.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Makin
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Makin
| House | 3 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Makin
| Australian | 11 |
|---|---|
| English | 10 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Housing tenure in Makin
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Makin
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Makin
| Car | 7 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
195 bird observations recorded near Makin — most often seen:
- White-browed Woodswallow (15)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (14)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (12)
- Australian Magpie (11)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (10)
- Red-rumped Parrot (10)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (10)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (7)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (7)
- Eastern Galah (6)
- Emu (6)
- Little Raven (6)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (6)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Makin
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (5)
- Common Bronzewing (5)
- Masked Woodswallow (5)
- Noisy Miner (5)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (5)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (5)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (5)
- Birds (4)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (4)
- Galah (4)
- Grey Currawong (4)
- New Holland Honeyeater (4)
- Northern Brown-headed Honeyeater (4)
- Red Wattlebird (4)
- Southern Inland Thornbill (4)
- Spotted Pardalote (4)
- White-eared Honeyeater (4)
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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