Poonindie SA 5607
94 addresses · 8 streets
Grey Electorate › Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA › Poonindie · 251 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Poonindie is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 210 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. 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 Eyre Peninsula statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Poonindie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 childcare centre
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Port Lincoln Airport, 3.4 km south.
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: 2.1% 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 | 2.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1% · Labour-force participation 63.6%
Population by age in Poonindie
| 0-4 | 18 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 34 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 32 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 38 |
| 55-64 | 25 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Poonindie
| House | 63 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Poonindie
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 23 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 26 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Poonindie
| Australian | 87 |
|---|---|
| English | 74 |
| Aboriginal | 29 |
| Ancestry NS | 18 |
| German | 14 |
| Irish | 14 |
Housing tenure in Poonindie
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 40 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Poonindie
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Poonindie
| Car | 65 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Languages used at home in Poonindie
| Australian Indigenous | 20 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,808 bird observations recorded near Poonindie — most often seen:
- Eastern Cape Barren Goose (162)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (158)
- White-faced Heron (157)
- Giinbaywarraymal (135)
- Common Starling (134)
- Black Swan (132)
- Grey Teal (124)
- Chestnut Teal (110)
- Cape Barren Goose (109)
- Southern Sooty Oystercatcher (107)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (104)
- Australian Pelican (88)
- West Coast Pacific Gull (87)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Poonindie
- Nankeen Kestrel (86)
- Pacific Black Duck (83)
- Red-capped Plover (83)
- Australian Shelduck (80)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (79)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (79)
- Common Greenshank (77)
- House Sparrow (73)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (71)
- Western Red Wattlebird (71)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (66)
- Little Raven (66)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (61)
- Masked Lapwing (60)
- Red-necked Stint (57)
- Pink-eared Duck (55)
- Australasian Shoveler (54)
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 Poonindie:
- North Shields (5 km)
- Louth Bay (5.6 km)
- Point Boston (6.7 km)
- Whites Flat (8.2 km)
- Charlton Gully (8.3 km)
- Green Patch (9.2 km)
- Tiatukia (10.1 km)
- Whites River (10.9 km)
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Streets
- Benjamin Road (28)
- Cooper Lane (1)
- Hage Road (2)
- Hirschausen Road (22)
- Lincoln Highway (19)
- Natasha Drive (16)
- Stanton Road (1)
- White Flat Road (5)
