Point Sturt SA 5256
33 addresses · 4 streets
Mayo Electorate › Alexandrina LGA › Point Sturt · 71 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Point Sturt is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 64 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $1,124 a week, with median rent near $230 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. 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 Strathalbyn Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Point Sturt itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 2.5% 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 | 2.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 51.7%
Population by age in Point Sturt
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 16 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Point Sturt
| House | 26 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Point Sturt
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 5 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Point Sturt
| English | 23 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 20 |
| German | 18 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| Other | 7 |
Housing tenure in Point Sturt
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Point Sturt
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Point Sturt
| Car | 18 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,526 bird observations recorded near Point Sturt — most often seen:
- Australian Pelican (712)
- Black Swan (529)
- Great Cormorant (461)
- Little Raven (437)
- Common Starling (405)
- House Sparrow (374)
- Eurasian Blackbird (372)
- Whistling Kite (344)
- Pacific Black Duck (321)
- Australian White Ibis (318)
- Caspian Tern (303)
- Straw-necked Ibis (301)
- Singing Honeyeater (300)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Point Sturt
- Australian Shelduck (299)
- Australian Magpie (294)
- Great Egret (289)
- Magpie-lark (265)
- New Holland Honeyeater (264)
- European Goldfinch (262)
- Welcome Swallow (259)
- Galah (257)
- Little Black Cormorant (253)
- Willie Wagtail (252)
- Red Wattlebird (249)
- Nankeen Kestrel (244)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (241)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (234)
- Crested Pigeon (233)
- Masked Lapwing (231)
- White-faced Heron (223)
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 Point Sturt:
- Clayton Bay (5.4 km)
- Mundoo Island (8 km)
- Milang (9.5 km)
- Hindmarsh Island (14.8 km)
- Lake Plains (15.1 km)
- Goolwa North (15.6 km)
- Nurragi (15.7 km)
- Tolderol (16 km)
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Streets
- Clayton-milang Road (1)
- Griffin Road (2)
- Point Sturt Road (27)
- Yelland Road (3)
