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Meadows SA 5201

964 addresses · 67 streets

Mayo Electorate › Mount Barker LGA › Meadows · 32 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Meadows is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,717 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,964 a week, with median rent near $343 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

1,717Population
39Median age
$1,964Median household income / wk
$343Median rent / wk
2.7Avg 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: Meadows itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Adelaide Airport, 33.7 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources9/10
Education & jobs5/10

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: 18.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Meadows

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

Tree cover measures, Meadows SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202018.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202132.7%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 66.9%

Population by age in Meadows
Population by age, Meadows SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-4122
5-14233
15-1975
20-2471
25-34240
35-44257
45-54216
55-64256
65-74153
75-8463
85+16
Dwelling types in Meadows
Dwelling types, Meadows SA (ABS Census 2021)
House582
Townhouse5
Apartment0
Other5
Households by weekly income in Meadows
Households by weekly income, Meadows SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65045
$650-1,499146
$1,500-2,999249
$3,000+104
Top ancestries in Meadows
Top ancestries, Meadows SA (ABS Census 2021)
English794
Australian762
Scottish185
German169
Irish128
Ancestry NS123
Housing tenure in Meadows
Housing tenure, Meadows SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned184
Mortgage332
Rented65
Other10
Cars per household in Meadows
Cars per household, Meadows SA (ABS Census 2021)
04
1118
2256
3124
4+83
Commute to work in Meadows
Commute to work, Meadows SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car649
Train0
Bus4
Tram/ferry0
Walked13
Bicycle3
Home87
Top countries of birth in Meadows
Top countries of birth, Meadows SA (ABS Census 2021)
England108
New Zealand14
Netherlands10
Scotland7
Philippines6
France5
Languages used at home in Meadows
Languages used at home, Meadows SA (ABS Census 2021)
German13
Australian Indigenous9
Spanish6
French5
Greek5
Mandarin4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,761 bird observations recorded near Meadows — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Meadows

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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