Ponde SA 5238
45 addresses · 10 streets
Barker Electorate › Mid Murray LGA › Ponde · 65 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Ponde is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 59 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $949 a week, with median rent near $155 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mannum statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ponde itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 mechanic
1 place to stay
Getting around. Ferry wharf: Cowirra #1 Ferry, 4.7 km north.
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: 2.8% 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 | 2.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 15.2% · Labour-force participation 61.1%
Population by age in Ponde
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 14 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ponde
| House | 30 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ponde
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Ponde
| Australian | 31 |
|---|---|
| English | 21 |
| German | 9 |
| Dutch | 7 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Other | 4 |
Housing tenure in Ponde
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Ponde
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Ponde
| Car | 24 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Top countries of birth in Ponde
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,278 bird observations recorded near Ponde — most often seen:
- Australian Pelican (321)
- Pacific Black Duck (287)
- Whistling Kite (266)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (221)
- Australian Wood Duck (216)
- Common Starling (215)
- House Sparrow (215)
- Eurasian Coot (191)
- Eastern Galah (184)
- Little Raven (183)
- Southern Magpie-lark (183)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (178)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (177)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ponde
- Southern Willie Wagtail (174)
- Black Swan (168)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (159)
- Galah (156)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (154)
- Grey Teal (153)
- White-faced Heron (150)
- Australian White Ibis (146)
- Little Black Cormorant (146)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (135)
- Australasian Darter (134)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (134)
- Black Kite (132)
- Eastern Little Corella (130)
- Little Pied Cormorant (126)
- Australian Magpie (122)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (122)
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 Ponde:
- Wall Flat (1.9 km)
- Zadows Landing (2.5 km)
- Port Mannum (3.3 km)
- Bolto (4.5 km)
- Cowirra (4.7 km)
- Mannum (4.9 km)
- Caloote (5 km)
- Woodlane (5.5 km)
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Streets
- Billabong Road (2)
- Bulls Tree Landing Road (1)
- Burdett Road (5)
- Cross Road (1)
- Dabinett Road (3)
- Kenny Road (12)
- Poverty Corner Road (3)
- Reserve Parade (3)
- Skinner Road (3)
- Weidenhofer Road (12)
