Mount Templeton SA 5461
28 addresses · 10 streets
Grey Electorate › Wakefield LGA › Mount Templeton · 104 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Mount Templeton is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 50 people, with a median age of 29. The typical household earns around $1,292 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 21% 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.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wakefield - Barunga West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Templeton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 0.8% 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 | 0.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.6% · Labour-force participation 48.6%
Population by age in Mount Templeton
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 5 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mount Templeton
| House | 15 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Templeton
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Mount Templeton
| English | 24 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 15 |
| German | 4 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Mount Templeton
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mount Templeton
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Mount Templeton
| Car | 14 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
89 bird observations recorded near Mount Templeton — most often seen:
- Southern Willie Wagtail (6)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (5)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (5)
- Eastern Galah (4)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (4)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (4)
- Little Raven (4)
- Nankeen Kestrel (4)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (3)
- Eastern Dusky Woodswallow (3)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (3)
- Galah (3)
- House Sparrow (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Templeton
- Red-capped Robin (3)
- South-eastern Hooded Robin (3)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (3)
- Western Striated Pardalote (3)
- Australian Magpie (2)
- Black Kite (2)
- Bluebonnet (2)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (2)
- Common Starling (2)
- European Common Starling (2)
- European House Sparrow (2)
- Mallee Ringneck (2)
- North-eastern Brown Treecreeper (2)
- Rock Dove (2)
- Singing Honeyeater (2)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (2)
- Southern Jacky Winter (2)
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 Templeton:
- Whitwarta (7.8 km)
- Goyder (8.3 km)
- Stow (8.5 km)
- Nantawarra (9.6 km)
- Everard Central (10.1 km)
- Watchman (10.6 km)
- Bowillia (13.2 km)
- Saints (13.9 km)
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Streets
- Belling Road (2)
- Bowillia Road (1)
- Gleeson Road (5)
- Higgs Road (1)
- Lamond Road (1)
- Lower Templeton Road (4)
- O'hara Road (2)
- O'haras Road (2)
- Phyllis Road (2)
- Templeton Road (8)
