Moorook SA 5332
106 addresses · 15 streets
Barker Electorate › Loxton Waikerie LGA › Moorook · 176 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Moorook is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 171 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,166 a week, with median rent near $143 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Loxton Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Moorook itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 service station
1 gym
Getting around. Airport: Renmark Airport, 31.1 km east.
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: 4.7% 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 | 4.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 13.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.2% · Labour-force participation 54.2%
Population by age in Moorook
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 25 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 28 |
| 55-64 | 41 |
| 65-74 | 16 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Moorook
| House | 61 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Moorook
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 22 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Moorook
| Australian | 77 |
|---|---|
| English | 62 |
| German | 31 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| Italian | 14 |
Housing tenure in Moorook
| Owned | 26 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 25 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Moorook
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 19 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Moorook
| Car | 54 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Moorook
| England | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Moorook
| Italian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,510 bird observations recorded near Moorook — most often seen:
- Australian Pelican (316)
- Whistling Kite (206)
- Black Swan (176)
- Australasian Darter (173)
- Great Cormorant (163)
- Grey Teal (149)
- Caspian Tern (141)
- Yellow Rosella (137)
- Australian Wood Duck (133)
- Little Black Cormorant (133)
- Australian Shelduck (120)
- Pacific Black Duck (108)
- Crested Pigeon (103)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Moorook
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (100)
- Noisy Miner (100)
- Australian Raven (98)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (95)
- Australian Magpie (94)
- Great Egret (93)
- Pied Cormorant (90)
- Australian White Ibis (87)
- Magpie-lark (85)
- Crimson Rosella (81)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (81)
- Welcome Swallow (78)
- Willie Wagtail (77)
- Little Pied Cormorant (74)
- White-faced Heron (74)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (73)
- Common Starling (72)
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 Moorook:
- Moorook South (2.8 km)
- Kingston On Murray (5.1 km)
- Cobdogla (6.4 km)
- Yinkanie (7.5 km)
- Loveday (7.9 km)
- Barmera (11 km)
- Overland Corner (11.9 km)
- New Residence (12.6 km)
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Streets
- Battams Road (15)
- Curtis Street (3)
- Fitzgerald Street (5)
- Gray Road (12)
- Heinrich Road (5)
- Herriot Road (3)
- Hogg Road (3)
- Kingston Road (23)
- Loxton Drive (12)
- Merritt Road (1)
- Olive Tree Road (2)
- Schenscher Road (3)
- Scott Road (1)
- Swanbury Road (2)
- Wachtel Road (16)
