Narrung SA 5259
173 addresses · 19 streets
Barker Electorate › Coorong LGA › Narrung · 85 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Narrung is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 183 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $1,020 a week, with median rent near $115 a week. Most homes are houses. About 28% of households own their home and 65% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Australian, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the The Coorong statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Narrung 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: 3.5% 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 | 3.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 6.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 48.6%
Population by age in Narrung
| 0-4 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 27 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 39 |
| 35-44 | 18 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 39 |
| 65-74 | 19 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Narrung
| House | 71 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 3 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Narrung
| <$650 | 24 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 23 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 21 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Narrung
| Aboriginal | 93 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 44 |
| English | 35 |
| Ancestry NS | 30 |
| Scottish | 13 |
| Irish | 9 |
Housing tenure in Narrung
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 48 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Narrung
| 0 | 12 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 33 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Narrung
| Car | 42 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Narrung
| England | 8 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Narrung
| Australian Indigenous | 31 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,302 bird observations recorded near Narrung — most often seen:
- Australian Pelican (505)
- Black Swan (410)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (330)
- Great Cormorant (291)
- Pacific Black Duck (277)
- Grey Teal (249)
- Australian Shelduck (244)
- Masked Lapwing (208)
- Giinbaywarraymal (178)
- Great Egret (171)
- Australian White Ibis (nominate Subspecies) (170)
- Little Black Cormorant (165)
- Eastern Whiskered Tern (157)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Narrung
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (143)
- White-faced Heron (139)
- Common Starling (137)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (133)
- Australian Eurasian Coot (122)
- Little Raven (121)
- Swamp Harrier (120)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (119)
- Australian Great Crested Grebe (109)
- Australian White Ibis (109)
- House Sparrow (107)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (106)
- Chestnut Teal (101)
- Royal Spoonbill (101)
- Australian Magpie (97)
- Caspian Tern (92)
- Straw-necked Ibis (91)
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 Narrung:
- Poltalloch (13 km)
- Meningie West (13.6 km)
- Point Sturt (16.8 km)
- Tolderol (19.8 km)
- Mundoo Island (21.4 km)
- Lake Plains (21.9 km)
- Ashville (22 km)
- Clayton Bay (22 km)
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Streets
- Alexandrina Drive (30)
- Block K Road (1)
- Campbell Park Road (10)
- Dadd Road (1)
- Gollan Street (10)
- Karpany Street (9)
- Lealinyeri Street (25)
- Long Street (3)
- Loveday Bay Road (17)
- Mark Point Road (4)
- Narrung Road (20)
- Narrung Stud Road (12)
- Pelican Point Road (1)
- Rumbelow Road (2)
- Sanders Road (3)
- Seymour Street (4)
- Taplin Street (15)
- Thornley Barn Road (2)
- Unaipon Street (4)
