Moorook South SA 5332
147 addresses · 10 streets
Barker Electorate › Loxton Waikerie LGA › Moorook South · 176 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Moorook South is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 166 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $1,097 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 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 South itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 service station
1 gym
Getting around. Airport: Renmark Airport, 30.4 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: 3.6% 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 | 3.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 47.3%
Population by age in Moorook South
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 22 |
| 55-64 | 40 |
| 65-74 | 36 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Moorook South
| House | 76 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Moorook South
| <$650 | 20 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 39 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 23 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Moorook South
| Australian | 71 |
|---|---|
| English | 70 |
| German | 24 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 14 |
| Scottish | 13 |
Housing tenure in Moorook South
| Owned | 43 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 16 |
| Rented | 14 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Moorook South
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 29 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Moorook South
| Car | 46 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Moorook South
| England | 11 |
|---|---|
| India | 5 |
| New Zealand | 5 |
| Germany | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,465 bird observations recorded near Moorook South — most often seen:
- Australian Pelican (307)
- Grey Teal (196)
- Black Swan (192)
- Whistling Kite (158)
- Australasian Darter (156)
- Great Cormorant (146)
- Eastern Regent Parrot (140)
- Australian Shelduck (138)
- Little Black Cormorant (136)
- Pacific Black Duck (136)
- Australian Wood Duck (133)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (122)
- Caspian Tern (119)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Moorook South
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (111)
- Australian White Ibis (nominate Subspecies) (93)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (89)
- Great Egret (86)
- Southern Magpie-lark (85)
- Crimson Rosella (84)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (84)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (84)
- White-faced Heron (82)
- Australasian Little Pied Cormorant (81)
- Giinbaywarraymal (77)
- Eastern Australian Reed-warbler (75)
- North-eastern Brown Treecreeper (75)
- Australian Raven (74)
- Yellow Rosella (74)
- Australian Great Pied Cormorant (66)
- Noisy Miner (66)
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 South:
- Moorook (2.8 km)
- Yinkanie (6.3 km)
- Loveday (6.4 km)
- Cobdogla (6.8 km)
- Kingston On Murray (7.7 km)
- New Residence (9.9 km)
- Barmera (10.3 km)
- Spectacle Lake (10.6 km)
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Streets
- Aird Street (13)
- Cordy Street (15)
- Drogemuller Road (3)
- Fleming Street (12)
- Gogel Road (35)
- Heinrich Road (1)
- Kassulke Street (6)
- Kingston Road (45)
- Loxton Drive (11)
- Sanders Court (6)
