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Mount Compass SA 5210

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Mayo Electorate › Alexandrina LGA › Mount Compass · 47 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Mount Compass is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,580 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,655 a week, with median rent near $340 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

1,580Population
40Median age
$1,655Median household income / wk
$340Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Strathalbyn Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Compass itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Adelaide Airport, 46 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources7/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 19% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mount Compass

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

Tree cover measures, Mount Compass SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202019.0%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202129.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 63.2%

Population by age in Mount Compass
Population by age, Mount Compass SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-494
5-14232
15-19114
20-2473
25-34156
35-44205
45-54229
55-64209
65-74197
75-8453
85+6
Dwelling types in Mount Compass
Dwelling types, Mount Compass SA (ABS Census 2021)
House521
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Mount Compass
Households by weekly income, Mount Compass SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65057
$650-1,499164
$1,500-2,999198
$3,000+86
Top ancestries in Mount Compass
Top ancestries, Mount Compass SA (ABS Census 2021)
English751
Australian668
Scottish146
German119
Irish110
Ancestry NS92
Housing tenure in Mount Compass
Housing tenure, Mount Compass SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned153
Mortgage307
Rented60
Other3
Cars per household in Mount Compass
Cars per household, Mount Compass SA (ABS Census 2021)
00
1108
2246
3110
4+56
Commute to work in Mount Compass
Commute to work, Mount Compass SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car544
Train0
Bus3
Tram/ferry0
Walked13
Bicycle0
Home70
Top countries of birth in Mount Compass
Top countries of birth, Mount Compass SA (ABS Census 2021)
England134
South Africa17
Germany14
New Zealand10
Scotland10
Philippines8
Languages used at home in Mount Compass
Languages used at home, Mount Compass SA (ABS Census 2021)
Afrikaans17
German12
Italian10
French6
Greek5
Korean3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

6,623 bird observations recorded near Mount Compass — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Compass

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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