Morgan SA 5320
701 addresses · 50 streets
Barker Electorate › Mid Murray LGA › Morgan · 137 km from Adelaide
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Living Here
Morgan is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 509 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $745 a week, with median rent near $178 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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 Waikerie statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Morgan itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 park
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
2 hardware stores
1 mechanic
Getting around. Ferry wharf: Morgan, 2.5 km north.
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: 5.6% 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 | 5.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 17.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.2% · Labour-force participation 40%
Population by age in Morgan
| 0-4 | 16 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 55 |
| 15-19 | 13 |
| 20-24 | 20 |
| 25-34 | 37 |
| 35-44 | 49 |
| 45-54 | 60 |
| 55-64 | 100 |
| 65-74 | 100 |
| 75-84 | 53 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Morgan
| House | 213 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 5 |
| Apartment | 10 |
| Other | 12 |
Households by weekly income in Morgan
| <$650 | 98 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 82 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 32 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Morgan
| English | 241 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 218 |
| German | 53 |
| Scottish | 39 |
| Irish | 37 |
| Ancestry NS | 31 |
Housing tenure in Morgan
| Owned | 116 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 59 |
| Rented | 39 |
| Other | 18 |
Cars per household in Morgan
| 0 | 13 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 85 |
| 2 | 78 |
| 3 | 28 |
| 4+ | 24 |
Commute to work in Morgan
| Car | 95 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 15 |
| Bicycle | 3 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Morgan
| England | 47 |
|---|---|
| India | 3 |
Languages used at home in Morgan
| German | 5 |
|---|---|
| Gujarati | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
8,656 bird observations recorded near Morgan — most often seen:
- Whistling Kite (624)
- Australian Pelican (481)
- Australian Wood Duck (399)
- Noisy Miner (395)
- Galah (386)
- Pacific Black Duck (359)
- Grey Teal (342)
- Australasian Darter (327)
- Australian Magpie (308)
- Welcome Swallow (293)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (292)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (284)
- Magpie-lark (281)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Morgan
- Australian Raven (280)
- Little Black Cormorant (276)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (271)
- White-faced Heron (258)
- Crimson Rosella (242)
- Crested Pigeon (237)
- Little Corella (236)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (236)
- Black Swan (227)
- Willie Wagtail (218)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (215)
- Tree Martin (214)
- Great Cormorant (205)
- Little Pied Cormorant (201)
- Pied Butcherbird (199)
- Yellow Rosella (193)
- Great Egret (177)
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 Morgan:
- Morphetts Flat (1.5 km)
- Beaumonts (1.9 km)
- Brenda Park (2.1 km)
- North West Bend (2.5 km)
- Wombats Rest (6.3 km)
- Cadell Lagoon (8.6 km)
- Cadell (9.1 km)
- Eba (9.2 km)
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Streets
- Cemetery Road (9)
- Centenary Road (3)
- Depot Road (4)
- Eighth Street (11)
- Eleventh Street (4)
- Federal Street (17)
- Fifth Street (21)
- First Street (13)
- Fourth Street (26)
- Go Kart Road (1)
- Gouge Street (29)
- Goyder Highway (15)
- Hausler Road (1)
- High Street (11)
- Lanosa Road (14)
- Lovers Lane (11)
- Main Road (1)
- Murraylands Road (30)
- Ninth Street (9)
- North East Terrace (3)
- North West Terrace (14)
- Nura Road (1)
- Oval Road (4)
- Pat Hydes Road (4)
- Pelican Parade (63)
- Pelican Point Road (16)
- Petters Road (4)
- Pollards Road (8)
- Promnitz Road (2)
- Rail Road (5)
- Railway Terrace (17)
- Reinecke Street (8)
- Ring Road (22)
- River View Terrace (22)
- Riverview Terrace (21)
- Sapphire Street (3)
- Scotts Creek Shack Road (101)
- Second Street (19)
- Seventh Street (23)
- Sixth Street (25)
- Slaughterhouse Road (7)
- South West Terrace (4)
- Split Road (3)
- Stock Route Road (3)
- Tenth Street (20)
- Thamm Road (6)
- Thiele Highway (14)
- Third Street (14)
- Wombats Rest Road (3)
- Yandiah Road (12)
