Racecourse Bay SA 5291
36 addresses · 2 streets
Barker Electorate › Grant LGA › Racecourse Bay · 397 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Racecourse Bay is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 27 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,125 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 Australian, English, German. 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 Grant statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Racecourse Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Mount Gambier Airport, 34.1 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 0% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 12.5% · Labour-force participation 61.5%
Population by age in Racecourse Bay
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 5 |
| 65-74 | 14 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Racecourse Bay
| House | 11 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Racecourse Bay
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Racecourse Bay
| Australian | 8 |
|---|---|
| English | 8 |
| German | 7 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
| Irish | 3 |
Housing tenure in Racecourse Bay
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Racecourse Bay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Racecourse Bay
| Car | 14 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
12,193 bird observations recorded near Racecourse Bay — most often seen:
- Red-necked Stint (723)
- Crested Tern (671)
- Red-capped Plover (653)
- Silver Gull (644)
- Chestnut Teal (556)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (543)
- Common Starling (542)
- Ruddy Turnstone (514)
- Masked Lapwing (508)
- White-faced Heron (443)
- Australian White Ibis (437)
- Black-faced Cormorant (385)
- Black Swan (378)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Racecourse Bay
- Kelp Gull (378)
- Little Pied Cormorant (364)
- House Sparrow (357)
- Giinbaywarraymal (343)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (325)
- Superb Fairy-wren (323)
- Pacific Golden Plover (321)
- Curlew Sandpiper (319)
- European Goldfinch (296)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (294)
- Musk Duck (293)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (271)
- Great Cormorant (269)
- Caspian Tern (262)
- Eurasian Blackbird (262)
- Australian Pelican (260)
- Eurasian Skylark (259)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Racecourse Bay:
- Eight Mile Creek (4.6 km)
- Port Macdonnell (5.1 km)
- Allendale East (7.3 km)
- Wye (12.2 km)
- Mount Schank (13.4 km)
- Caveton (13.5 km)
- Cape Douglas (14.7 km)
- Donovans (18.6 km)
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Streets
- Eight Mile Creek Road (13)
- Kuhl Drive (23)