Nildottie SA 5238
197 addresses · 24 streets
Barker Electorate › Mid Murray LGA › Nildottie · 99 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Nildottie is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 220 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $861 a week, with median rent near $113 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% 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 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mannum statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Nildottie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
1 post office
1 mechanic
2 places 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: 1.2% 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 | 1.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 51.4%
Population by age in Nildottie
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 30 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 17 |
| 35-44 | 25 |
| 45-54 | 20 |
| 55-64 | 46 |
| 65-74 | 39 |
| 75-84 | 18 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Nildottie
| House | 88 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Nildottie
| <$650 | 34 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 35 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Nildottie
| Australian | 95 |
|---|---|
| English | 73 |
| German | 47 |
| Ancestry NS | 21 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Scottish | 12 |
Housing tenure in Nildottie
| Owned | 57 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 21 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Nildottie
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |
| 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4+ | 14 |
Commute to work in Nildottie
| Car | 59 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Nildottie
| England | 14 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,508 bird observations recorded near Nildottie — most often seen:
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (187)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (184)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (181)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (181)
- Whistling Kite (171)
- Australian Pelican (160)
- North-eastern Brown Treecreeper (139)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (135)
- Eastern Galah (128)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (126)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (125)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (122)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (122)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Nildottie
- Little Raven (121)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (120)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (114)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (111)
- Eastern Little Corella (108)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (98)
- Chestnut-crowned Babbler (89)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (88)
- Mallee Ringneck (87)
- Western Striated Pardalote (86)
- Pacific Black Duck (82)
- Southern White-browed Babbler (80)
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet (73)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (73)
- Southern Weebill (73)
- Black Swan (72)
- Eastern White-winged Chough (72)
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 Nildottie:
- Sunnydale (4.9 km)
- Big Bend (7.1 km)
- Wongulla (7.5 km)
- Forster (8.9 km)
- Punyelroo (10.3 km)
- Walker Flat (11.4 km)
- Langs Landing (13 km)
- Marks Landing (14.2 km)
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Streets
- Arnold Court (13)
- Bakara Sand Road (1)
- Carman Road (4)
- Day Street (17)
- Gabo Road (1)
- Gierke Road (1)
- Greenways Road (20)
- Greenways Shack Road (1)
- Haby Road (6)
- Hermanns Lane (3)
- Herrmanns Landing Road (9)
- Heywood Drive (4)
- Hunter Road (59)
- Kroehns Landing Road (2)
- Leochels Road (3)
- Pope Avenue (1)
- Prosser Grove (1)
- Reisling Road (9)
- Scrubby Flat Crescent (10)
- Scrubby Flat Shack Drive (2)
- Scrubby Flat Shack Road (16)
- Shiraz Terrace (1)
- Swan Reach-purnong Road (6)
- Wanbi Road (7)
