Melton SA 5552
16 addresses · 6 streets
Grey Electorate › Barunga West LGA › Melton · 110 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Melton is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 29 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,624 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wakefield - Barunga West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Melton 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: 3% 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 | 3.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 5.4% |
Demographics
Population by age in Melton
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 5 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Melton
| House | 7 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Melton
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Melton
| Australian | 16 |
|---|---|
| English | 15 |
| Irish | 3 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Melton
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Melton
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Melton
| Car | 6 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Melton
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
251 bird observations recorded near Melton — most often seen:
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (22)
- Common Starling (14)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (14)
- Australian Magpie (13)
- Little Raven (12)
- Yellow-throated Miner (10)
- Crested Pigeon (9)
- Eastern Yellow-throated Miner (9)
- Singing Honeyeater (9)
- Southern Weebill (9)
- Striated Pardalote (9)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (8)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Melton
- House Sparrow (8)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (8)
- Willie Wagtail (8)
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (8)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (7)
- Weebill (7)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (7)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (6)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (6)
- Galah (6)
- Red Wattlebird (6)
- Red-rumped Parrot (6)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (5)
- Eastern Galah (5)
- Brown Songlark (4)
- Grey Butcherbird (4)
- Mistletoebird (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.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Melton:
- Kulpara (5.2 km)
- Kainton (7.7 km)
- Port Arthur (8.4 km)
- Paskeville (9.5 km)
- Ninnes (12.9 km)
- South Hummocks (13.9 km)
- Clinton (15.9 km)
- Thomas Plain (16.3 km)
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Streets
- Enright Corner Road (2)
- Pridhams Paskeville Road (2)
- Rooney Road (1)
- Second Street (2)
- Third Street (5)
- Upper Yorke Road (4)