Punthari SA 5238
24 addresses · 5 streets
Barker Electorate › Mid Murray LGA › Punthari · 65 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Punthari is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 42 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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: Punthari itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
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: 5.6% 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 | 5.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 5.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.7% · Labour-force participation 65.7%
Population by age in Punthari
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 6 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Punthari
| House | 14 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Punthari
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Punthari
| English | 18 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 16 |
| German | 13 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Punthari
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Punthari
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Punthari
| Car | 6 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
92 bird observations recorded near Punthari — most often seen:
- Eastern Galah (7)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (6)
- Western Striated Pardalote (6)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (5)
- Black-shouldered Kite (4)
- Common Starling (4)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (4)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (4)
- Little Raven (4)
- Mallee Ringneck (4)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (4)
- Australian Magpie (3)
- South Australian White-winged Chough (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Punthari
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (3)
- Australian Ringneck (2)
- Birds (2)
- Black Falcon (2)
- Brown Falcon (2)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (2)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (2)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (2)
- House Sparrow (2)
- Red-capped Robin (2)
- Singing Honeyeater (2)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (2)
- Southern Weebill (2)
- Spotless Crake (2)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (2)
- Yellow-rumped Pardalote (2)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)
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 Punthari:
- Frayville (6.8 km)
- Angas Valley (6.8 km)
- Milendella (8.1 km)
- Apamurra (10.1 km)
- Pellaring Flat (10.3 km)
- Sanderston (10.5 km)
- Frahns (10.6 km)
- Mannum (10.8 km)
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Streets
- Bormann Road (2)
- Eichler Road (8)
- Huttons Road (1)
- Quast Road (2)
- Ridley Road (11)
