Penrice SA 5353
255 addresses · 24 streets
Barker Electorate › Barossa LGA › Penrice · 64 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Penrice is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 486 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,009 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Barossa - Angaston statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Penrice itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
5 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
1 pharmacy
1 post office
1 service station
1 gym
1 golf club
2 bakeries
1 butcher
1 hardware store
1 mechanic
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: 4.5% 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 | 4.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 14.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.5% · Labour-force participation 72.2%
Population by age in Penrice
| 0-4 | 28 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 58 |
| 15-19 | 37 |
| 20-24 | 26 |
| 25-34 | 50 |
| 35-44 | 57 |
| 45-54 | 74 |
| 55-64 | 75 |
| 65-74 | 50 |
| 75-84 | 24 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Penrice
| House | 170 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Penrice
| <$650 | 20 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 41 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 58 |
| $3,000+ | 35 |
Top ancestries in Penrice
| English | 209 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 172 |
| German | 138 |
| Scottish | 52 |
| Irish | 49 |
| Other | 31 |
Housing tenure in Penrice
| Owned | 69 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 71 |
| Rented | 16 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Penrice
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 33 |
| 2 | 64 |
| 3 | 40 |
| 4+ | 30 |
Commute to work in Penrice
| Car | 213 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 20 |
Top countries of birth in Penrice
| England | 17 |
|---|---|
| Italy | 5 |
| Scotland | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Penrice
| Italian | 9 |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,034 bird observations recorded near Penrice — most often seen:
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (397)
- Southern Magpie-lark (368)
- Pacific Black Duck (325)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (298)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (279)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (276)
- Western Striated Pardalote (275)
- Common Starling (263)
- Eastern Galah (261)
- Australian Wood Duck (250)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (237)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (196)
- Eurasian Blackbird (194)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Penrice
- Australian Magpie (185)
- Dusky Moorhen (167)
- Crimson Rosella (162)
- Rock Dove (158)
- Eurasian Coot (157)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (142)
- House Sparrow (140)
- Black-tailed Native-hen (139)
- Grey Teal (139)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (138)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (134)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (133)
- Galah (132)
- Black Swan (125)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (124)
- Little Raven (121)
- Noisy Miner (119)
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
- Angaston Road (2)
- Barnden Road (3)
- Breakneck Hill Road (14)
- Breakneck Hill Road W (2)
- Davey Crescent (11)
- Gruenberg Road (5)
- Kalimna Road (4)
- Leaney Court (3)
- Lindsay Park Road (1)
- Moculta Road (41)
- Moorooroo Road (5)
- Murdock Court (5)
- Murdock Street (2)
- Penrice Road (66)
- Perry Road (1)
- Richard Street (5)
- Rodda Drive (26)
- Salem Road (17)
- Saleyards Road (6)
- Sarah Street (21)
- Seelanders Road (4)
- Stockwell Road (7)
- Waechters Road (3)
- Warburton Road (1)
