Marion Bay SA 5575
605 addresses · 34 streets
Grey Electorate › Yorke Peninsula LGA › Marion Bay · 152 km from Adelaide
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Living Here
Marion Bay is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 210 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $838 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Yorke Peninsula - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Marion Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
1 beach
1 place to stay
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 61.1% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 4.5% · Labour-force participation 47.8%
Population by age in Marion Bay
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 19 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 22 |
| 45-54 | 25 |
| 55-64 | 62 |
| 65-74 | 22 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Marion Bay
| House | 82 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Marion Bay
| <$650 | 28 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 39 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Marion Bay
| English | 85 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 78 |
| Ancestry NS | 32 |
| Irish | 29 |
| Scottish | 20 |
| Other | 14 |
Housing tenure in Marion Bay
| Owned | 46 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 23 |
| Rented | 16 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Marion Bay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 30 |
| 2 | 33 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Marion Bay
| Car | 42 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 5 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Marion Bay
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 4 |
| Brazil | 3 |
Languages used at home in Marion Bay
| Portuguese | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,182 bird observations recorded near Marion Bay — most often seen:
- Silver Gull (136)
- Pacific Gull (134)
- New Holland Honeyeater (116)
- Welcome Swallow (114)
- Emu (108)
- Crested Tern (93)
- Red Wattlebird (93)
- Singing Honeyeater (85)
- House Sparrow (77)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (74)
- Rock Dove (73)
- Silvereye (72)
- Galah (70)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Marion Bay
- Grey Currawong (69)
- Little Raven (69)
- Giinbaywarraymal (67)
- Australian Pelican (65)
- Willie Wagtail (64)
- Australian Magpie (56)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (56)
- West Coast Pacific Gull (54)
- Common Starling (53)
- Pied Cormorant (53)
- Western Red Wattlebird (52)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (51)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (48)
- South Australian Silvereye (46)
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (46)
- Nankeen Kestrel (45)
- Brown Currawong (43)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Marion Bay:
- Inneston (8.9 km)
- Foul Bay (22.3 km)
- White Hut (28.4 km)
- Corny Point (36.7 km)
- The Pines (39.9 km)
- Couch Beach (40.8 km)
- Warooka (45.6 km)
- Point Souttar (46.1 km)
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Streets
- Acacia Court (10)
- Boobook Drive (11)
- Bronzewing Way (24)
- Currawong Court (14)
- Dolphin Drive (27)
- Dotterel Street (12)
- Eucalyptus Court (12)
- Gannet Crescent (22)
- Gull Street (7)
- Hundred Line Road (1)
- Ilfracombe Road (2)
- Investigator Way (9)
- Jetty Road (4)
- Kestrel Court (11)
- Lowan Drive (10)
- Marion Bay Road (6)
- Marion Court (5)
- Melaleuca Court (8)
- Nelson Street (60)
- Norris Road (3)
- Osprey Drive (47)
- Peregrine Drive (33)
- Shearwater Crescent (43)
- Slow Street (46)
- South Coast Road (3)
- Stenhouse Bay Road (11)
- Templetonia Crescent (24)
- The Esplanade (16)
- Thornbill Court (4)
- Walk The Yorke Trail - Bike (4)
- Waratah Avenue (34)
- Whipbird Way (33)
- Willyama Drive (23)
- Yorke Highway (26)
