Middle Beach SA 5501
38 addresses · 9 streets
Grey Electorate › Adelaide Plains LGA › Middle Beach · 39 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Middle Beach is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 94 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,062 a week, with median rent near $305 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mallala statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Middle Beach itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 library
1 hardware store
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Adelaide Airport, 38.6 km south.
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: 2.5% 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 | 2.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 12.9% · Labour-force participation 38.8%
Population by age in Middle Beach
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 17 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 30 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Middle Beach
| House | 29 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Middle Beach
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Middle Beach
| English | 41 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 31 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| German | 13 |
| Filipino | 8 |
| Irish | 5 |
Housing tenure in Middle Beach
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Middle Beach
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Middle Beach
| Car | 23 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Middle Beach
| England | 10 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,249 bird observations recorded near Middle Beach — most often seen:
- Little Raven (289)
- Australian White Ibis (277)
- Common Starling (259)
- Grey Teal (222)
- Nankeen Kestrel (211)
- White-faced Heron (203)
- Singing Honeyeater (200)
- Silver Gull (195)
- Australian Pelican (192)
- Pacific Black Duck (186)
- Magpie-lark (185)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (183)
- Crested Pigeon (179)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Middle Beach
- Little Pied Cormorant (179)
- House Sparrow (168)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (156)
- Australian Shelduck (155)
- Black Swan (152)
- Giinbaywarraymal (145)
- Masked Lapwing (144)
- Welcome Swallow (144)
- Royal Spoonbill (143)
- Willie Wagtail (142)
- Great Egret (141)
- Southern Magpie-lark (139)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (138)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (136)
- Little Black Cormorant (131)
- Australasian Grebe (128)
- Red-capped Plover (127)
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 Middle Beach:
- Port Gawler (4.9 km)
- Two Wells (6.6 km)
- Lower Light (8.2 km)
- Riverlea Park (8.9 km)
- Korunye (9.1 km)
- Buckland Park (9.7 km)
- Lewiston (12.8 km)
- Virginia (12.9 km)
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Streets
- Applebee Road (1)
- Brownes Road (5)
- Mcevoy Road (1)
- Middle Beach Road (14)
- Port Wakefield Highway (1)
- Recreation Reserve (1)
- Shellgrit Road (5)
- Smith Road (1)
- The Esplanade (9)
