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Mount Benson SA 5275

99 addresses · 27 streets

Barker Electorate › Robe LGA › Mount Benson · 264 km from Adelaide

Living Here

Mount Benson is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 130 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,416 a week, with median rent near $200 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 Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

130Population
49Median age
$1,416Median household income / wk
$200Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Kingston - Robe statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Benson itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs5/10

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: 7.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mount Benson

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Mount Benson SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20207.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202111.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 68.2%

Population by age in Mount Benson
Population by age, Mount Benson SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-43
5-148
15-196
20-246
25-3410
35-448
45-5428
55-6427
65-7420
75-840
85+0
Dwelling types in Mount Benson
Dwelling types, Mount Benson SA (ABS Census 2021)
House45
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other3
Households by weekly income in Mount Benson
Households by weekly income, Mount Benson SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$6507
$650-1,4999
$1,500-2,99916
$3,000+6
Top ancestries in Mount Benson
Top ancestries, Mount Benson SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian58
English48
Scottish12
German7
Spanish7
Ancestry NS7
Housing tenure in Mount Benson
Housing tenure, Mount Benson SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned27
Mortgage9
Rented8
Other4
Cars per household in Mount Benson
Cars per household, Mount Benson SA (ABS Census 2021)
00
15
220
36
4+7
Commute to work in Mount Benson
Commute to work, Mount Benson SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car44
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home18
Top countries of birth in Mount Benson
Top countries of birth, Mount Benson SA (ABS Census 2021)
England4
New Zealand4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

296 bird observations recorded near Mount Benson — most often seen:

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Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.