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Peterborough SA 5422

1,433 addresses · 61 streets

Grey Electorate › Peterborough LGA › Peterborough · 218 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Peterborough is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,490 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $706 a week, with median rent near $160 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

1,490Population
55Median age
$706Median household income / wk
$160Median rent / wk
1.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Peterborough - Mount Remarkable statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Peterborough itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 0.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Peterborough

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

Tree cover measures, Peterborough SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20200.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20211.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 13.1% · Labour-force participation 35.7%

Population by age in Peterborough
Population by age, Peterborough SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-445
5-14143
15-1959
20-2448
25-34114
35-44132
45-54189
55-64286
65-74278
75-84143
85+40
Dwelling types in Peterborough
Dwelling types, Peterborough SA (ABS Census 2021)
House634
Townhouse22
Apartment0
Other8
Households by weekly income in Peterborough
Households by weekly income, Peterborough SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$650266
$650-1,499229
$1,500-2,99987
$3,000+22
Top ancestries in Peterborough
Top ancestries, Peterborough SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian615
English591
Ancestry NS203
Scottish117
Irish116
German113
Housing tenure in Peterborough
Housing tenure, Peterborough SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned330
Mortgage148
Rented152
Other11
Cars per household in Peterborough
Cars per household, Peterborough SA (ABS Census 2021)
072
1291
2176
374
4+35
Commute to work in Peterborough
Commute to work, Peterborough SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car259
Train0
Bus4
Tram/ferry0
Walked33
Bicycle0
Home26
Top countries of birth in Peterborough
Top countries of birth, Peterborough SA (ABS Census 2021)
England58
New Zealand16
Germany12
India10
Scotland10
Netherlands9
Languages used at home in Peterborough
Languages used at home, Peterborough SA (ABS Census 2021)
German8
Punjabi4
Thai4
Polish3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,813 bird observations recorded near Peterborough — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Peterborough

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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