Mount Barker Summit SA 5251

Living Here

Mount Barker Summit is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 100 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $335 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% 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 Summit itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Nairne Primary School
  • Mount Barker Waldorf School
  • St Francis de Sales College
• 1 hospital

  • Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
• 1 library

  • Mount Barker Community Library
• 1 post office

  • Nairne Local Post Office
• 1 service station

  • United
• 4 gyms & sports centres

  • Anytime Fitness
  • Snap Fitness
  • Nairne Cricket Club
  • Nairne Bremer United Football Club
• 1 golf club

  • Mt Barker-Hahndorf Golf Club
• 2 butchers

  • Hillside Butcher
  • Hills Homestead Meats
• 3 hardware stores

  • Sheehan's Hardware
  • Mitre 10
  • Stratco
• 1 mechanic

  • Pit Stop
• 1 place to stay

  • Mount Barker Caravan & Tourist Park

Getting around. Airport: Adelaide Airport, 38 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 30.6% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 1.8% · Labour-force participation 68.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

57,580 bird observations recorded near Mount Barker Summit — most often seen:

• Grey Teal (2,707)
• Pacific Black Duck (2,667)
• Superb Fairy-wren (2,573)
• Dusky Moorhen (2,505)
• Australasian Purple Swamphen (2,488)
• Eurasian Blackbird (2,431)
• Chestnut Teal (2,375)
• Australasian Grebe (2,358)
• Eurasian Coot (2,355)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (2,211)
• Hoary-headed Grebe (2,119)
• Hardhead (2,106)
• New Holland Honeyeater (2,049)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Mount Barker Summit:

• Mount Barker Springs (2.4 km)
• Petwood (3.4 km)
• Blakiston (4.1 km)
• Nairne (4.1 km)
• Dawesley (4.3 km)
• Mount Barker (5 km)
• Littlehampton (5.4 km)
• Wistow (5.5 km)

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