Monbulla SA 5277
90 addresses · 27 streets
Barker Electorate › Wattle Range LGA › Monbulla · 335 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Monbulla is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 122 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,333 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 70% of households own their home and 30% 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.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Penola statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Monbulla itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Mount Gambier Airport, 39.6 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: 7.8% 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 | 7.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 10.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 73.7%
Population by age in Monbulla
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 23 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 23 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 20 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Monbulla
| House | 43 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Monbulla
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Monbulla
| English | 50 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 46 |
| Scottish | 20 |
| German | 16 |
| Irish | 8 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
Housing tenure in Monbulla
| Owned | 19 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 14 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Monbulla
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Monbulla
| Car | 37 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
381 bird observations recorded near Monbulla — most often seen:
- South-eastern Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (58)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (16)
- Western Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (16)
- Australian Magpie (15)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (15)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (14)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (14)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (14)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (13)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (13)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (13)
- Southern Noisy Miner (13)
- White-naped Honeyeater (13)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Monbulla
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (11)
- South-eastern Little Wattlebird (11)
- White-faced Heron (11)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (10)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (10)
- Black-winged Currawong (9)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (9)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (9)
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (9)
- South-eastern Yellow Robin (9)
- Willie Wagtail (9)
- Eastern Galah (8)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (8)
- Nankeen Kestrel (8)
- South-eastern White-eared Honeyeater (8)
- Superb Fairy-wren (8)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (7)
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 Monbulla:
- Penola (8.3 km)
- Wattle Range East (8.4 km)
- Krongart (10.1 km)
- Moerlong (10.7 km)
- Coonawarra (14 km)
- Maaoupe (15.1 km)
- Nangwarry (17.5 km)
- Kalangadoo (19.1 km)
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Streets
- Argyle Road (3)
- Atlantic Heath Road (1)
- Balnaves Lane (4)
- Campbell Road (2)
- Campsie Road (2)
- Cave Range Road (1)
- Clay Wells Road (12)
- Glen Yallum Road (2)
- Gun Alley (2)
- Heyward Lane (4)
- Kidman Road (2)
- Kinley Road (3)
- Lynch Lane (1)
- Marcus Lane (3)
- Mcelroy Road (2)
- Mckay Lane (2)
- Mclean Lane (2)
- Mcwaters Road (1)
- Miller Road (4)
- Millers Lane (7)
- Moore Lane (3)
- Mount Burr Road (10)
- Old Kalangadoo-penola Road (11)
- Rifle Range Road (1)
- Searle Road (1)
- Skeer Road (2)
- Weirs Lane (2)
