Pooginook SA 5330
17 addresses · 2 streets
Barker Electorate › Loxton Waikerie LGA › Pooginook · 160 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Pooginook is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 8 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Irish, Australian. 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 Waikerie statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pooginook itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Renmark Airport, 54.6 km 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: 16.7% 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 | 16.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 22.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in Pooginook
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Pooginook
| House | 6 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Pooginook
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Pooginook
| English | 4 |
|---|---|
| Irish | 3 |
| Australian | 0 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Pooginook
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Pooginook
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Pooginook
| Car | 5 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,602 bird observations recorded near Pooginook — most often seen:
- Weebill (92)
- Australian Magpie (87)
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (85)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (84)
- Mulga Parrot (77)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (75)
- Jacky Winter (67)
- Crested Pigeon (66)
- Red-capped Robin (65)
- Willie Wagtail (63)
- Galah (60)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (60)
- Grey Butcherbird (55)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Pooginook
- Striated Pardalote (55)
- Mallee Ringneck (48)
- Yellow-throated Miner (47)
- Spotted Pardalote (46)
- White-eared Honeyeater (45)
- Whistling Kite (42)
- Australian Raven (40)
- Red Wattlebird (40)
- Singing Honeyeater (38)
- Australian Ringneck (37)
- Common Bronzewing (37)
- Crested Bellbird (36)
- White-winged Chough (35)
- White-fronted Honeyeater (31)
- Brown Treecreeper (30)
- Eastern Regent Parrot (30)
- Rufous Whistler (29)
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 Pooginook:
- Lowbank (2.7 km)
- Holder (5.2 km)
- Good Hope Landing (6 km)
- Kanni (6.7 km)
- Devlins Pound (9.4 km)
- Waikerie (9.5 km)
- Woolpunda (13.4 km)
- Taylorville (13.4 km)
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Streets
- Devlins Pound Road (16)
- Goyder Highway (1)
