Mount Barker Springs SA 5251
73 addresses · 13 streets
Mayo Electorate › Mount Barker LGA › Mount Barker Springs · 34 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Mount Barker Springs is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 174 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $3,028 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mount Barker Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Barker Springs itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
5 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
1 pharmacy
1 gym
1 golf club
1 butcher
3 hardware stores
2 hairdressers
Getting around. Airport: Adelaide Airport, 38.8 km north-west.
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: 10.9% 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 | 10.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 25.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1% · Labour-force participation 73.4%
Population by age in Mount Barker Springs
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 28 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 32 |
| 55-64 | 32 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mount Barker Springs
| House | 57 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Barker Springs
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 27 |
Top ancestries in Mount Barker Springs
| English | 88 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 59 |
| German | 28 |
| Irish | 20 |
| Scottish | 19 |
| Other | 14 |
Housing tenure in Mount Barker Springs
| Owned | 26 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 25 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mount Barker Springs
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 22 |
| 3 | 21 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Mount Barker Springs
| Car | 63 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Barker Springs
| England | 19 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 7 |
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mount Barker Springs
| German | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
55,568 bird observations recorded near Mount Barker Springs — most often seen:
- Grey Teal (2,683)
- Pacific Black Duck (2,607)
- Dusky Moorhen (2,493)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (2,488)
- Chestnut Teal (2,374)
- Superb Fairy-wren (2,351)
- Eurasian Coot (2,346)
- Australasian Grebe (2,342)
- Eurasian Blackbird (2,277)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (2,141)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (2,117)
- Hardhead (2,104)
- Australasian Shoveler (1,877)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Barker Springs
- Red Wattlebird (1,847)
- New Holland Honeyeater (1,837)
- Australian Wood Duck (1,748)
- Magpie-lark (1,632)
- Australian Spotted Crake (1,596)
- White-faced Heron (1,561)
- Australian Reed Warbler (1,545)
- Little Grassbird (1,529)
- Common Bronzewing (1,498)
- Welcome Swallow (1,418)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,405)
- Galah (1,403)
- Little Raven (1,376)
- Australian White Ibis (1,313)
- Australian Magpie (1,222)
- Willie Wagtail (1,221)
- Crimson Rosella (1,217)
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 Mount Barker Springs:
- Mount Barker Summit (2.4 km)
- Wistow (3.3 km)
- Petwood (3.4 km)
- Mount Barker (4.7 km)
- St Ives (5.6 km)
- Blakiston (5.9 km)
- Dawesley (6.4 km)
- Nairne (6.4 km)
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Streets
- Back Callington Road (3)
- Blight Road (5)
- Blue Wren Lane (2)
- Bonney Road (1)
- Gould Road (4)
- Harper Road (6)
- Hender Road (12)
- Hillside Lane (2)
- Lake View Road (2)
- Lakeview Drive (2)
- Lakeview Road (2)
- Spring Lane (4)
- Springs Road (28)
