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Mount Pleasant SA 5235

641 addresses · 67 streets

Barker Electorate › Barossa LGA › Mount Pleasant · 45 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Mount Pleasant is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,058 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,321 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

1,058Population
48Median age
$1,321Median household income / wk
$250Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Barossa - Angaston statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Pleasant itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Adelaide Airport, 51 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mount Pleasant

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

Tree cover measures, Mount Pleasant SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20209.0%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202110.6%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 55.8%

Population by age in Mount Pleasant
Population by age, Mount Pleasant SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-463
5-14126
15-1941
20-2438
25-34115
35-44118
45-54150
55-64164
65-74149
75-8479
85+35
Dwelling types in Mount Pleasant
Dwelling types, Mount Pleasant SA (ABS Census 2021)
House380
Townhouse4
Apartment21
Other5
Households by weekly income in Mount Pleasant
Households by weekly income, Mount Pleasant SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65079
$650-1,499127
$1,500-2,999114
$3,000+56
Top ancestries in Mount Pleasant
Top ancestries, Mount Pleasant SA (ABS Census 2021)
English474
Australian454
German128
Scottish103
Ancestry NS81
Irish70
Housing tenure in Mount Pleasant
Housing tenure, Mount Pleasant SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned166
Mortgage186
Rented47
Other5
Cars per household in Mount Pleasant
Cars per household, Mount Pleasant SA (ABS Census 2021)
012
1123
2147
382
4+44
Commute to work in Mount Pleasant
Commute to work, Mount Pleasant SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car322
Train0
Bus7
Tram/ferry0
Walked23
Bicycle0
Home54
Top countries of birth in Mount Pleasant
Top countries of birth, Mount Pleasant SA (ABS Census 2021)
England60
Netherlands9
Germany7
South Africa7
Scotland5
Taiwan5
Languages used at home in Mount Pleasant
Languages used at home, Mount Pleasant SA (ABS Census 2021)
German8
Mandarin5
Greek3
Italian3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,983 bird observations recorded near Mount Pleasant — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Pleasant

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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