Pike River SA 5340
31 addresses · 6 streets
Barker Electorate › Renmark Paringa LGA › Pike River · 213 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Pike River is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 52 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $70 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Italian. 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 Renmark Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pike River itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
2 electricians
Getting around. Airport: Renmark Airport, 12.9 km north-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: 6.6% 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 | 6.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 20.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Pike River
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 5 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Pike River
| House | 22 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Pike River
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 5 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Pike River
| English | 18 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 17 |
| Italian | 11 |
| German | 10 |
| Filipino | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Housing tenure in Pike River
| Owned | 10 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Pike River
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Pike River
| Car | 16 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Pike River
| India | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Pike River
| Italian | 7 |
|---|---|
| Punjabi | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,180 bird observations recorded near Pike River — most often seen:
- Red-rumped Parrot (68)
- Australian Raven (64)
- Grey Teal (61)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (58)
- Australian Magpie (57)
- Bluebonnet (53)
- Great Egret (53)
- Great Cormorant (49)
- Southern Magpie-lark (49)
- Australian Pelican (46)
- Yellow-throated Miner (44)
- Australian Shelduck (42)
- Whistling Kite (41)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Pike River
- Australian Wood Duck (39)
- Weebill (38)
- Crimson Rosella (35)
- White-faced Heron (35)
- Pied Butcherbird (31)
- Australasian Darter (30)
- Galah (30)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (30)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (30)
- Black Swan (27)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (27)
- Superb Fairy-wren (26)
- Little Black Cormorant (25)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (25)
- Magpie-lark (23)
- Australian Ringneck (22)
- Caspian Tern (22)
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 Pike River:
- Mundic Creek (8.5 km)
- Wonuarra (8.6 km)
- Crescent (9.3 km)
- Yamba (9.6 km)
- Renmark South (10.3 km)
- Paringa (10.7 km)
- Old Calperum (11.3 km)
- Lyrup (11.7 km)
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Streets
- Frankcom Road (4)
- Gordon Road (1)
- Letton Road (1)
- Shawyer Lane (1)
- Stanitzki Road (22)
- Sturt Highway (2)
