Marananga SA 5355
68 addresses · 8 streets
Barker Electorate › Light LGA › Marananga · 58 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Marananga is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 119 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,656 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include German, Australian, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Light statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Marananga itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
4 cafés & restaurants
1 physiotherapist
1 library
2 golf clubs
1 hardware store
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: 6.2% 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 | 6.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 18.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5% · Labour-force participation 65.2%
Population by age in Marananga
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 22 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 17 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Marananga
| House | 38 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Marananga
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 15 |
Top ancestries in Marananga
| German | 45 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 42 |
| English | 36 |
| Irish | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
| Italian | 9 |
Housing tenure in Marananga
| Owned | 19 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 12 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Marananga
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Marananga
| Car | 25 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Marananga
| Germany | 4 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Languages used at home in Marananga
| German | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,974 bird observations recorded near Marananga — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (144)
- Eurasian Coot (125)
- House Sparrow (125)
- Pacific Black Duck (125)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (122)
- Southern Magpie-lark (116)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (113)
- Grey Teal (111)
- Little Raven (108)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (107)
- Common Starling (106)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (106)
- Galah (104)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Marananga
- Red-rumped Parrot (101)
- New Holland Honeyeater (97)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (97)
- Crested Pigeon (94)
- Noisy Miner (89)
- Magpie-lark (88)
- Eurasian Blackbird (87)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (86)
- Willie Wagtail (86)
- Eastern Galah (85)
- Red Wattlebird (84)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (84)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (83)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (76)
- Australasian Grebe (75)
- Australian Wood Duck (75)
- Black-tailed Native-hen (75)
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 Marananga:
- Seppeltsfield (2.2 km)
- Stone Well (2.3 km)
- Greenock (3.8 km)
- Tanunda (4.2 km)
- Nuriootpa (5.6 km)
- Nain (5.8 km)
- Daveyston (5.9 km)
- Gomersal (6.3 km)
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Streets
- Alm Road (1)
- Jenke Road (5)
- Kraehe Road (3)
- Neldner Road (13)
- Nitschke Road (7)
- Roennfeldt Road (5)
- Seppeltsfield Road (25)
- Stonewell Road (9)
