Riverglades SA 5253

Living Here

Riverglades is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 856 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,415 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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 Murray Bridge statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Riverglades itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 5 schools

  • Murray Bridge North School
  • St Joseph's Catholic School
  • Murray Bridge South Primary School
  • Murray Bridge High School
  • Fraser Park Primary School
• 7 cafés & restaurants

  • Riverscape
  • Rivergum Restuarant
  • The Mustard Seed
  • Sakura Sushi
  • Mojo Espresso
  • Noti and Folk
  • Parklane Motel Vietnamese restaurant
• 2 parks

  • Avoca Dell Reserve
  • Narooma Wetlands
• 1 Catholic church

  • Murray Bridge Catholic Church
• 1 medical clinic

  • Bridgeview Family Practice
• 2 dentists

  • Riverview Dental Clinic
  • Murray Bridge Community Dental Clinic
• 1 hospital

  • Murray Bridge Soldiers Memorial Hospital
• 1 library

  • Murray Bridge Library
• 2 post offices

  • Australia Post
  • Australia Post
• 5 service stations

  • OTR Murray Bridge Eastside
  • Caltex
  • Woolworths Petrol
  • Shell
  • Mobil
• 1 golf club

  • Murray Bridge Golf Club
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 4 places to stay

  • Avoca Dell Caravan Park
  • Bridgeport Hotel
  • Murray Bridge Marina Camping and Caravan Park
  • Murray Bridge Motor Inn

Getting around. Train station: Murray Bridge (SA), 2.9 km south-west.

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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: 17.8% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.1% · Labour-force participation 58.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

23,369 bird observations recorded near Riverglades — most often seen:

• Australian Pelican (1,299)
• Pacific Black Duck (1,206)
• Australasian Purple Swamphen (1,181)
• Common Starling (992)
• House Sparrow (966)
• Eurasian Coot (938)
• Southern Magpie-lark (900)
• Rock Dove (868)
• Eastern Crested Pigeon (841)
• Giinbaywarraymal (816)
• Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (799)
• Southern Willie Wagtail (789)
• Eastern Welcome Swallow (786)

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 Riverglades:

• Murray Bridge East (1.1 km)
• Avoca Dell (1.3 km)
• Mobilong (2.2 km)
• Toora (2.6 km)
• Northern Heights (4.1 km)
• Long Flat (4.3 km)
• Murray Bridge (4.3 km)
• Murray Bridge North (4.3 km)

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