Moorlands SA 5301
33 addresses · 7 streets
Barker Electorate › Coorong LGA › Moorlands · 104 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Moorlands is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 64 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,083 a week, with median rent near $100 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Dutch. 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 The Coorong statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Moorlands 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: 4.1% 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 | 4.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 5.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 62.7%
Population by age in Moorlands
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Moorlands
| House | 23 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Moorlands
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Moorlands
| Australian | 29 |
|---|---|
| English | 23 |
| Dutch | 11 |
| Irish | 9 |
| German | 8 |
| Other | 7 |
Housing tenure in Moorlands
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Moorlands
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Moorlands
| Car | 11 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
326 bird observations recorded near Moorlands — most often seen:
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (25)
- Southern Weebill (23)
- Little Raven (22)
- White-browed Woodswallow (19)
- Eastern Galah (18)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (15)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (14)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (14)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (14)
- Yellow-rumped Pardalote (13)
- Weebill (12)
- Masked Woodswallow (11)
- Bluebonnet (9)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Moorlands
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (9)
- Western Striated Pardalote (9)
- Birds (8)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (8)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (7)
- Eastern Yellow-throated Miner (7)
- Mulga Parrot (7)
- White-winged Chough (7)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (7)
- Australian Magpie (6)
- Black-winged Currawong (6)
- Common Starling (6)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (6)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (6)
- Galah (6)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (6)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (6)
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 Moorlands:
- Elwomple (11 km)
- Naturi (11 km)
- Sherlock (14.4 km)
- Cooke Plains (14.7 km)
- Wynarka (17.1 km)
- Tailem Bend (18.5 km)
- Coomandook (20.4 km)
- Chapman Bore (20.9 km)
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Streets
- Appleton Road (4)
- Coalfield Road (2)
- Kuchel Road (2)
- Mallee Highway (4)
- Moorlands Road (15)
- Old Dukes Highway (5)
- Schulz Road (1)
