Poltalloch SA 5259
24 addresses · 3 streets
Barker Electorate › Coorong LGA › Poltalloch · 92 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Poltalloch is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 41 people, with a median age of 29. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $165 a week. Most homes are houses. About 18% of households own their home and 53% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 The Coorong statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Poltalloch 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: 3.8% 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 | 3.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10% · Labour-force participation 57.1%
Population by age in Poltalloch
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 5 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Poltalloch
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Poltalloch
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Poltalloch
| Australian | 21 |
|---|---|
| English | 14 |
| German | 4 |
| NZ | 4 |
| Filipino | 3 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
Housing tenure in Poltalloch
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Poltalloch
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Poltalloch
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Poltalloch
| Philippines | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,826 bird observations recorded near Poltalloch — most often seen:
- Black Swan (124)
- Australian Pelican (121)
- Australian Shelduck (109)
- Grey Teal (102)
- Masked Lapwing (82)
- White-faced Heron (78)
- Pacific Black Duck (77)
- Australasian Shoveler (68)
- Giinbaywarraymal (68)
- Australian White Ibis (nominate Subspecies) (65)
- Eastern Whiskered Tern (64)
- Straw-necked Ibis (54)
- Great Cormorant (53)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Poltalloch
- Common Starling (52)
- Little Raven (52)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (49)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (49)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (48)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (48)
- Chestnut Teal (47)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (47)
- Caspian Tern (46)
- Great Egret (44)
- Pink-eared Duck (44)
- Eastern Galah (41)
- Southern Magpie-lark (40)
- Whistling Kite (40)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (39)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (38)
- Australian White Ibis (37)
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 Poltalloch:
- Ashville (9 km)
- Narrung (13 km)
- Waltowa (15.6 km)
- Meningie West (17.9 km)
- Malinong (18.5 km)
- Nalpa (18.7 km)
- Meningie (19.5 km)
- Wellington (23.4 km)
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Streets
- Lake Albert Road (9)
- Poltalloch Road (14)
- Princes Highway (1)
