Qualco SA 5322
45 addresses · 4 streets
Barker Electorate › Loxton Waikerie LGA › Qualco · 150 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Qualco is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 47 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $175 a week. Most homes are houses. About 43% of households own their home and 57% rent. Most workers drive to work. 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 Waikerie statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Qualco itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
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: 3.8% 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 | 3.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 22.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.6% · Labour-force participation 65.1%
Population by age in Qualco
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Qualco
| House | 17 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Qualco
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Qualco
| English | 22 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 21 |
| German | 6 |
| Other | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Qualco
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Qualco
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Qualco
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Qualco
| India | 4 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Qualco
| Punjabi | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,342 bird observations recorded near Qualco — most often seen:
- Grey Teal (170)
- Australian Pelican (134)
- Whistling Kite (122)
- Australian Wood Duck (118)
- Great Cormorant (108)
- Pacific Black Duck (107)
- Galah (101)
- Yellow Rosella (99)
- Little Black Cormorant (78)
- White-faced Heron (77)
- Crimson Rosella (74)
- Eastern Regent Parrot (73)
- Black Swan (71)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Qualco
- White-plumed Honeyeater (70)
- Australian Shelduck (69)
- Australasian Darter (66)
- North-eastern Brown Treecreeper (66)
- Australian Magpie (64)
- Masked Lapwing (64)
- Tree Martin (63)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (60)
- Australian Raven (59)
- Great Egret (59)
- Australasian Little Pied Cormorant (57)
- Southern Magpie-lark (55)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (55)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (54)
- Red-rumped Parrot (52)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (49)
- Crested Pigeon (48)
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 Qualco:
- Sunlands (3.3 km)
- Markaranka (4.5 km)
- Taylorville (4.6 km)
- Ramco (7.5 km)
- Ramco Heights (8.1 km)
- Golden Heights (9.8 km)
- Waikerie (11.4 km)
- Holder (13.8 km)
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Streets
- Cadell Valley Road (3)
- Murrayview Road (28)
- Qualco Road (11)
- Ramco Road (3)
