Nain SA 5360
23 addresses · 9 streets
Barker Electorate › Light LGA › Nain · 60 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Nain is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 32 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $223 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 Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Light statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Nain itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 hospitals
1 golf club
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% 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 | 5.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in Nain
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Nain
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Nain
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Nain
| Australian | 20 |
|---|---|
| English | 9 |
| German | 5 |
| Hungarian | 5 |
| Italian | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 3 |
Housing tenure in Nain
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Nain
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Nain
| Car | 23 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
947 bird observations recorded near Nain — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (59)
- Galah (56)
- Common Starling (47)
- House Sparrow (45)
- Noisy Miner (42)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (41)
- Little Raven (40)
- Magpie-lark (40)
- Willie Wagtail (38)
- Crimson Rosella (36)
- Red-rumped Parrot (35)
- Eurasian Blackbird (34)
- Red Wattlebird (33)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Nain
- Crested Pigeon (32)
- Laughing Kookaburra (29)
- Rock Dove (28)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (28)
- European Goldfinch (27)
- New Holland Honeyeater (27)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (26)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (24)
- Welcome Swallow (24)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (21)
- Silvereye (21)
- Nankeen Kestrel (20)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (20)
- Southern Magpie-lark (19)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (19)
- European Common Starling (18)
- Western Striated Pardalote (18)
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 Nain:
- Greenock (2.7 km)
- Daveyston (3.1 km)
- Seppeltsfield (4.6 km)
- Moppa (5.6 km)
- Marananga (5.8 km)
- Fords (6.4 km)
- Freeling (8 km)
- Stone Well (8.1 km)
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Streets
- Coad Road (4)
- Dommenz Road (2)
- Keane Road (3)
- Mattschoss Road (1)
- Nain Road (6)
- Old Kapunda Road (1)
- Quarry Road (1)
- Schwarz Road (1)
- Zilm Road (4)
