Mount Observation SA 5255
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Mayo Electorate › Alexandrina LGA › Mount Observation · 49 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Mount Observation is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 10 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week. Most homes are houses. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Scottish, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
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 Observation itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Adelaide Airport, 49.7 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: 14.8% 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 | 14.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 34.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Mount Observation
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mount Observation
| House | 3 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Mount Observation
| Other | 5 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 3 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Cars per household in Mount Observation
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Mount Observation
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
13,243 bird observations recorded near Mount Observation — most often seen:
- Little Raven (839)
- Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu-wren (809)
- New Holland Honeyeater (704)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (577)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (562)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (539)
- Superb Fairy-wren (529)
- Crimson Rosella (496)
- Australian Magpie (493)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (485)
- Grey Fantail (482)
- Galah (459)
- Red Wattlebird (458)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Observation
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (451)
- Golden Whistler (450)
- Common Bronzewing (432)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (405)
- Crescent Honeyeater (398)
- Grey Currawong (353)
- Dusky Woodswallow (340)
- Eurasian Blackbird (332)
- Silvereye (329)
- Elegant Parrot (306)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (303)
- Black-winged Currawong (297)
- Western Red Wattlebird (291)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (284)
- Western Striated Pardalote (282)
- Eastern Galah (280)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (278)
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 Observation:
- Tooperang (4.7 km)
- Ashbourne (6.6 km)
- Mount Magnificent (6.7 km)
- Nangkita (6.9 km)
- Finniss (7.1 km)
- Kuitpo Colony (9 km)
- Mcharg Creek (9 km)
- Mosquito Hill (9.3 km)
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Streets
- Braeside Road (4)
- Bull Creek Road (9)
- Lakeview Road (3)