Poochera SA 5655
98 addresses · 16 streets
Grey Electorate › Streaky Bay LGA › Poochera · 425 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Poochera is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 67 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,062 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 Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the West Coast (SA) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Poochera itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 post office
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Minnipa Airport, 31.3 km south-east.
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: 4.9% 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 | 4.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 24.8% |
Demographics
Population by age in Poochera
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 8 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Poochera
| House | 17 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Poochera
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 22 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Poochera
| Australian | 40 |
|---|---|
| English | 25 |
| German | 15 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Other | 5 |
| Scottish | 3 |
Housing tenure in Poochera
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Poochera
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Poochera
| Car | 16 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
320 bird observations recorded near Poochera — most often seen:
- Inland Singing Honeyeater (18)
- South Australian White-winged Chough (17)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (17)
- Western Red Wattlebird (17)
- Rock Dove (16)
- Eastern Galah (15)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (15)
- White-winged Chough (14)
- Southern Weebill (13)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (13)
- Common Starling (12)
- Eastern Australian Raven (12)
- Western Striated Pardalote (12)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Poochera
- House Sparrow (11)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (10)
- Inland Yellow-throated Miner (9)
- Little Raven (9)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (9)
- White-browed Babbler (9)
- Red Wattlebird (8)
- Australian Magpie (7)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (7)
- Galah (7)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (7)
- Willie Wagtail (7)
- Crested Pigeon (6)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (6)
- Southern Magpie-lark (6)
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (6)
- Australian Ringneck (5)
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 Poochera:
- Kaldoonera (13.6 km)
- Karcultaby (14.5 km)
- Chandada (17.4 km)
- Cungena (20 km)
- Inkster (24.1 km)
- Minnipa (31.5 km)
- Yantanabie (33.3 km)
- Chilpenunda (33.5 km)
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Streets
- Barnes Street (31)
- Emerald Rise Road (12)
- Eyre Highway (5)
- Feltus Road (1)
- Francey Road (6)
- Franceys Road (6)
- Horgan Road (1)
- Lynch Road (2)
- Main Street (14)
- North Terrace (13)
- Penna Street (1)
- Phillips Road (1)
- Princes Highway (2)
- Railway Terrace (1)
- Streaky Bay Road (1)
- White Road (1)
