North West Bend SA 5320
51 addresses · 6 streets
Barker Electorate › Mid Murray LGA › North West Bend · 140 km from Adelaide
Living Here
North West Bend is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 18 people, with a median age of 62. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. 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 Waikerie statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: North West Bend itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 cafés & restaurants
1 park
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
1 childcare centre
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
1 gym
1 playground
1 bakery
2 hardware stores
1 mechanic
Getting around. Ferry wharf: North West Bend, 100 m 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: 28.3% 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 | 28.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 90.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in North West Bend
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in North West Bend
| House | 7 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in North West Bend
| Australian | 11 |
|---|---|
| English | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Housing tenure in North West Bend
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in North West Bend
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in North West Bend
| Car | 4 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in North West Bend
| England | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
8,262 bird observations recorded near North West Bend — most often seen:
- Whistling Kite (611)
- Australian Pelican (451)
- Australian Wood Duck (382)
- Noisy Miner (373)
- Galah (358)
- Pacific Black Duck (350)
- Grey Teal (319)
- Australasian Darter (314)
- Australian Magpie (282)
- Welcome Swallow (281)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (279)
- Magpie-lark (275)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (270)
Show all 30 birds recorded near North West Bend
- Little Black Cormorant (262)
- Australian Raven (256)
- White-faced Heron (252)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (251)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (233)
- Little Corella (229)
- Crested Pigeon (227)
- Black Swan (219)
- Crimson Rosella (212)
- Tree Martin (209)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (206)
- Willie Wagtail (204)
- Great Cormorant (201)
- Little Pied Cormorant (199)
- Yellow Rosella (194)
- Pied Butcherbird (190)
- Red Wattlebird (173)
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 North West Bend:
- Beaumonts (0.8 km)
- Morphetts Flat (1.7 km)
- Morgan (2.5 km)
- Brenda Park (3.8 km)
- Cadell Lagoon (7.3 km)
- Stuart (8 km)
- Cadell (8.5 km)
- Wombats Rest (8.7 km)
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Streets
- Access Road (23)
- Armytage Street (2)
- Dock Street (1)
- Lane One Road (10)
- Lane Two Road (14)
- Old Cadell Road (1)
