Peake SA 5301
97 addresses · 19 streets
Barker Electorate › Coorong LGA › Peake · 132 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Peake is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 104 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $90 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range 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: Peake itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 post office
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: 2.3% 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 | 2.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 4.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.3% · Labour-force participation 50%
Population by age in Peake
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 22 |
| 65-74 | 16 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Peake
| House | 44 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Peake
| <$650 | 20 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 22 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Peake
| Australian | 49 |
|---|---|
| English | 29 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| German | 10 |
| Indian | 7 |
| Irish | 4 |
Housing tenure in Peake
| Owned | 21 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Peake
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Peake
| Car | 20 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Peake
| India | 7 |
|---|---|
| England | 4 |
Languages used at home in Peake
| Punjabi | 7 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
326 bird observations recorded near Peake — most often seen:
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (27)
- Southern Weebill (17)
- Weebill (15)
- Yellow-rumped Pardalote (15)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (14)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (14)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (14)
- Southern White-browed Babbler (14)
- Birds (13)
- Common Bronzewing (13)
- Little Raven (12)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (11)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (11)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Peake
- Australian Magpie (10)
- Galah (10)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (10)
- Black-winged Currawong (9)
- Common Starling (8)
- Southern Scrub-robin (8)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (8)
- White-browed Babbler (8)
- White-winged Chough (8)
- Yellow Thornbill (8)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (8)
- Eastern Galah (7)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (7)
- Inland Purple-backed Fairy-wren (7)
- Rock Dove (7)
- Singing Honeyeater (7)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (6)
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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Streets
- Buccleuch North Road (4)
- Buccleuch South Road (4)
- East Terrace (1)
- Growden Road (3)
- Hensel Road (5)
- High Street (6)
- Hurtles Well Road (3)
- Jones Road (4)
- Kielow Road (2)
- Lauterbach Road (3)
- Lindner Road (1)
- Macdonald Street (2)
- Mallee Highway (16)
- Mayr Road (1)
- Netherton Road (17)
- Old School Drive (2)
- Piggott Road (3)
- Railway Terrace (10)
- Stirling Well Road (10)
