Murbko SA 5320
149 addresses · 10 streets
Barker Electorate › Mid Murray LGA › Murbko · 131 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Murbko is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 105 people, with a median age of 64. The typical household earns around $885 a week, with median rent near $145 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Waikerie statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Murbko itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 place to stay
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: 6.2% 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 | 6.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 12.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 39.1%
Population by age in Murbko
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 17 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 34 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Murbko
| House | 45 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Murbko
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 14 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Murbko
| Australian | 50 |
|---|---|
| English | 32 |
| German | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| Irish | 9 |
| Aboriginal | 5 |
Housing tenure in Murbko
| Owned | 33 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Murbko
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Murbko
| Car | 23 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Murbko
| Scotland | 6 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,966 bird observations recorded near Murbko — most often seen:
- Australian Pelican (247)
- Australasian Darter (206)
- Australian Great Pied Cormorant (179)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (114)
- Great Cormorant (91)
- Whistling Kite (83)
- Pacific Black Duck (81)
- Australian Eurasian Coot (72)
- Galah (60)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (56)
- Australian Wood Duck (53)
- North-eastern Brown Treecreeper (52)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (48)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Murbko
- Southern Willie Wagtail (46)
- Noisy Miner (44)
- Australian Magpie (42)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (41)
- Crimson Rosella (40)
- Black Swan (38)
- Little Black Cormorant (38)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (38)
- Great Egret (36)
- Grey Teal (36)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (35)
- Australian Shelduck (33)
- Tree Martin (33)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (32)
- Eastern Little Corella (31)
- Western Striated Pardalote (31)
- Southern Magpie-lark (30)
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 Murbko:
- Wombats Rest (3 km)
- Brenda Park (8 km)
- Morgan (9.3 km)
- Morphetts Flat (10.1 km)
- Beaumonts (10.9 km)
- Eba (11.2 km)
- North West Bend (11.7 km)
- Cadell (13.2 km)
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Streets
- Apold Court (2)
- Apold Road (21)
- Echidna Avenue (26)
- Hill Road (2)
- Idyll Avenue (20)
- Kookaburra Lane (13)
- Larby Road (2)
- Murbko Road (58)
- Noll Road (3)
- Sturt Highway (2)
