Merghiny SA 5690
16 addresses · 7 streets
Grey Electorate › Ceduna LGA › Merghiny · 542 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Merghiny is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 17 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,524 a week, with median rent near $213 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 38% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Irish, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the West Coast (SA) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Merghiny itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Getting around. Airport: Ceduna Airport, 9.4 km west.
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 | 7.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Merghiny
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Merghiny
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Merghiny
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Merghiny
| English | 15 |
|---|---|
| Irish | 8 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
| German | 4 |
| Australian | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Merghiny
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Merghiny
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Merghiny
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Languages used at home in Merghiny
| Australian Indigenous | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
83 bird observations recorded near Merghiny — most often seen:
- Common Starling (8)
- Crested Pigeon (5)
- Southern Weebill (5)
- Brown Songlark (4)
- Pacific Gull (4)
- South-western Singing Honeyeater (4)
- Western Striated Pardalote (4)
- Yellow-throated Miner (4)
- Australian Raven (3)
- Brown Falcon (3)
- Crested Tern (3)
- Nankeen Kestrel (3)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Merghiny
- Black-faced Cormorant (2)
- Caspian Tern (2)
- Eastern Galah (2)
- Grey Butcherbird (2)
- Little Raven (2)
- Magpie-lark (2)
- Masked Lapwing (2)
- Pied Cormorant (2)
- Red Wattlebird (2)
- Rock Parrot (2)
- Silver Gull (2)
- Singing Honeyeater (2)
- White-browed Babbler (2)
- Australian Magpie (1)
- Australian Pelican (1)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (1)
- Australian Ringneck (1)
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 Merghiny:
- Laura Bay (10.3 km)
- Ceduna Waters (10.6 km)
- Ceduna (12.1 km)
- Maltee (13.6 km)
- Thevenard (14.2 km)
- Wandana (18.5 km)
- Mudamuckla (21.1 km)
- Denial Bay (21.6 km)
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Streets
- Backshall Road (2)
- Eyre Highway (6)
- Flinders Highway (4)
- Laura Bay Road (1)
- Maltee Road (1)
- Schwarz Hill Road (1)
- Skyline Road (1)