Middleton SA 5213
1,584 addresses · 79 streets
Mayo Electorate › Alexandrina LGA › Middleton · 65 km from Adelaide
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Living Here
Middleton is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,298 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,330 a week, with median rent near $283 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Goolwa - Port Elliot statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Middleton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 hospital
1 library
2 hardware stores
2 mechanics
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: 8.4% 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 | 8.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 6.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.1% · Labour-force participation 56%
Population by age in Middleton
| 0-4 | 49 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 152 |
| 15-19 | 66 |
| 20-24 | 53 |
| 25-34 | 100 |
| 35-44 | 142 |
| 45-54 | 177 |
| 55-64 | 221 |
| 65-74 | 217 |
| 75-84 | 91 |
| 85+ | 19 |
Dwelling types in Middleton
| House | 509 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 7 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Middleton
| <$650 | 95 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 176 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 142 |
| $3,000+ | 63 |
Top ancestries in Middleton
| English | 638 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 525 |
| Scottish | 142 |
| Irish | 121 |
| German | 110 |
| Other | 65 |
Housing tenure in Middleton
| Owned | 238 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 181 |
| Rented | 92 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Middleton
| 0 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 176 |
| 2 | 218 |
| 3 | 72 |
| 4+ | 38 |
Commute to work in Middleton
| Car | 400 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 25 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 80 |
Top countries of birth in Middleton
| England | 102 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 13 |
| Netherlands | 12 |
| United States | 10 |
| Chile | 9 |
| Philippines | 9 |
Languages used at home in Middleton
| Japanese | 8 |
|---|---|
| Filipino | 6 |
| Cantonese | 5 |
| German | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
34,462 bird observations recorded near Middleton — most often seen:
- Common Starling (1,812)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (1,536)
- Giinbaywarraymal (1,470)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (1,458)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (1,449)
- Eurasian Blackbird (1,421)
- Little Raven (1,402)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (1,331)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,319)
- Southern Magpie-lark (1,296)
- Western Red Wattlebird (1,279)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (1,270)
- House Sparrow (1,248)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Middleton
- Pacific Black Duck (1,223)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (1,167)
- Rock Dove (1,114)
- European Goldfinch (1,076)
- Eastern Asian Spotted Dove (1,057)
- Eurasian Coot (1,037)
- Eastern Galah (1,025)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (1,024)
- South-eastern Little Wattlebird (918)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (902)
- Australian White Ibis (898)
- South Australian Silvereye (891)
- Little Pied Cormorant (845)
- Grey Teal (833)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (806)
- Dusky Moorhen (679)
- Hardhead (676)
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 Middleton:
- Port Elliot (4.2 km)
- Goolwa Beach (4.6 km)
- Goolwa South (5.7 km)
- Goolwa (5.7 km)
- Chiton (6.3 km)
- Hayborough (6.9 km)
- Mccracken (8.3 km)
- Goolwa North (8.5 km)
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Streets
- Abbott Avenue (7)
- Airport Road (37)
- Alma Place (6)
- Bailey Road (39)
- Beryl Court (13)
- Boettcher Road (20)
- Breaker Court (12)
- Burgar Road (9)
- Chapman Road (28)
- Charles Street (13)
- Chibnall Road (8)
- Cockle Court (2)
- Condor Court (4)
- Coote Street (1)
- Cormorant Court (10)
- Cortlinye Road (2)
- Day Avenue (7)
- Dings Road (1)
- Dover Road (19)
- Elizabeth Crescent (22)
- Ellensford Terrace (13)
- Encounter Crescent (28)
- Esplanade (27)
- Flagstaff Hill Road (28)
- Glen Allen Road (16)
- Glenford Gully Road (11)
- Goolwa Road (66)
- Gull Court (6)
- Hardy Street (4)
- Hargreaves Road (70)
- Haynes Road (22)
- Hero Avenue (89)
- Hewett Street (4)
- Higgins Place (5)
- Higgins Road (7)
- Higgins Terrace (23)
- Highland Terrace (8)
- Innes Court (10)
- Keltys Road (7)
- Kessell Road (4)
- Lake View Road (1)
- Lorraine Avenue (4)
- Lovell Road (4)
- Manly Place (1)
- Mcleod Road (54)
- Miami Boulevard (6)
- Michelmore Road (3)
- Mill Terrace (19)
- Mindacowie Terrace (15)
- Morrison Avenue (78)
- Newell Avenue (223)
- Ocean Parade (38)
- Ocean Road (18)
- Offshore Drive (30)
- Old Telegraph Road (5)
- Old Telegraph Road W (5)
- Padman Crescent (90)
- Petersen Road (4)
- Port Elliot Road (5)
- Pym Street (4)
- Rose Street (1)
- Roy Avenue (2)
- Rutile Avenue (4)
- Seaview Avenue (66)
- Skye Avenue (4)
- Sun Court (11)
- Surf Street (1)
- Surfers Parade (83)
- Surfside Court (17)
- Tahiti Terrace (4)
- Tern Terrace (7)
- Thomas Street (13)
- Tongan Way (2)
- Travers Street (4)
- Waikiki Way (1)
- Walker Place (4)
- William Street (36)
- Wind Court (8)
- Yeomans Lodge Road (1)
