Mypolonga SA 5254
317 addresses · 33 streets
Barker Electorate › Murray Bridge LGA › Mypolonga · 68 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Mypolonga is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 506 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,226 a week, with median rent near $203 a week. Most homes are houses. About 95% of households own their home and 5% 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 Murray Bridge Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mypolonga itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Getting around. Train station: Murray Bridge (SA), 10.6 km south-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: 5.4% 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 | 5.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 12.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 61%
Population by age in Mypolonga
| 0-4 | 34 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 67 |
| 15-19 | 30 |
| 20-24 | 18 |
| 25-34 | 57 |
| 35-44 | 51 |
| 45-54 | 65 |
| 55-64 | 98 |
| 65-74 | 59 |
| 75-84 | 19 |
| 85+ | 10 |
Dwelling types in Mypolonga
| House | 175 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mypolonga
| <$650 | 35 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 63 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 50 |
| $3,000+ | 22 |
Top ancestries in Mypolonga
| English | 218 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 207 |
| German | 63 |
| Ancestry NS | 56 |
| Scottish | 50 |
| Other | 33 |
Housing tenure in Mypolonga
| Owned | 78 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 80 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mypolonga
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 34 |
| 2 | 70 |
| 3 | 35 |
| 4+ | 31 |
Commute to work in Mypolonga
| Car | 162 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 17 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 20 |
Top countries of birth in Mypolonga
| England | 18 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 5 |
| Iran | 4 |
| Netherlands | 4 |
Languages used at home in Mypolonga
| Greek | 4 |
|---|---|
| Persian | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,224 bird observations recorded near Mypolonga — most often seen:
- Whistling Kite (575)
- Australian Pelican (568)
- Grey Teal (538)
- Black Swan (529)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (520)
- Pacific Black Duck (489)
- Little Raven (373)
- Great Cormorant (364)
- Australian Shelduck (353)
- Common Starling (351)
- Black Kite (342)
- Australasian Darter (339)
- Eurasian Coot (329)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mypolonga
- Little Black Cormorant (316)
- Australian White Ibis (315)
- House Sparrow (315)
- Rock Dove (315)
- Little Pied Cormorant (292)
- Swamp Harrier (284)
- Hardhead (265)
- White-faced Heron (265)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (260)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (253)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (251)
- Galah (246)
- Fairy Martin (240)
- Nankeen Kestrel (239)
- Straw-necked Ibis (236)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (233)
- Southern Magpie-lark (229)
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 Mypolonga:
- Murrawong (2 km)
- Willow Banks (2.2 km)
- Greenbanks (2.5 km)
- Sunnyside (2.8 km)
- Woodlane (4 km)
- Pompoota (4.7 km)
- Burdett (5.5 km)
- Toora (5.7 km)
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Streets
- Bakehouse Road (14)
- Balanada Drive (43)
- Billabong Road (9)
- Carawatha Drive (24)
- Chamberlain Road (4)
- Coolibah Drive (10)
- Cowra Road (4)
- Cromwell Road (6)
- Green Street (22)
- Hall Street (4)
- Hatziz Road (1)
- Hill Road (3)
- Ibis Road (1)
- Jury Road (1)
- Kallina Drive (17)
- Kerta Road (1)
- Lynch Lane (2)
- Mallee Road (4)
- Mannum Road (3)
- Marten Street (1)
- Mayama Road (3)
- Merriwa Road (1)
- Mypolonga Road (7)
- North Bokara Road (16)
- Quandong Road (4)
- Rathjen Road (7)
- Recreation Lane (3)
- Rivergum Drive (1)
- South Bokara Road (53)
- Vogt Street (10)
- White Hut Road (2)
- Williams Street (20)
- Wool Shed Road (16)
