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Nepean Bay SA 5223

263 addresses · 16 streets

Mayo Electorate › Kangaroo Island LGA › Nepean Bay · 128 km from Adelaide

Living Here

Nepean Bay is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 140 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $875 a week, with median rent near $235 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

140Population
51Median age
$875Median household income / wk
$235Median rent / wk
2.0Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Kangaroo Island statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Nepean Bay itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Kingscote Airport, 7.2 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources7/10
Education & jobs6/10

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: 19.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Nepean Bay

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Nepean Bay SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202019.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202120.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 52.9%

Population by age in Nepean Bay
Population by age, Nepean Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-40
5-1414
15-193
20-243
25-3411
35-449
45-5423
55-6428
65-7424
75-843
85+4
Dwelling types in Nepean Bay
Dwelling types, Nepean Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
House55
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Nepean Bay
Households by weekly income, Nepean Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65022
$650-1,49913
$1,500-2,99911
$3,000+9
Top ancestries in Nepean Bay
Top ancestries, Nepean Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
English69
Australian52
Ancestry NS13
Irish11
Italian11
German8
Housing tenure in Nepean Bay
Housing tenure, Nepean Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned28
Mortgage20
Rented3
Other0
Cars per household in Nepean Bay
Cars per household, Nepean Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
00
120
225
311
4+6
Commute to work in Nepean Bay
Commute to work, Nepean Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car42
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked4
Bicycle0
Home11
Top countries of birth in Nepean Bay
Top countries of birth, Nepean Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
England16
Scotland6
Italy4
South Africa3
Languages used at home in Nepean Bay
Languages used at home, Nepean Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
German3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,257 bird observations recorded near Nepean Bay — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Nepean Bay

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Image — Dean Wiles from Kingscote, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).