Rocky Gully SA 5254
87 addresses · 10 streets
Barker Electorate › Murray Bridge LGA › Rocky Gully · 61 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Rocky Gully is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 113 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $275 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Murray Bridge statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rocky Gully itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
1 dentist
1 hospital
1 library
1 gym
1 golf club
2 hardware stores
1 mechanic
3 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Murray Bridge (SA), 3.9 km east.
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: 13.4% 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 | 13.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 23.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 63%
Population by age in Rocky Gully
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 15 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 20 |
| 55-64 | 29 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Rocky Gully
| House | 41 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rocky Gully
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Rocky Gully
| Australian | 41 |
|---|---|
| English | 31 |
| German | 18 |
| Scottish | 13 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
| Italian | 10 |
Housing tenure in Rocky Gully
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 18 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Rocky Gully
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Rocky Gully
| Car | 54 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Rocky Gully
| Vietnam | 7 |
|---|---|
| Malaysia | 3 |
Languages used at home in Rocky Gully
| Vietnamese | 7 |
|---|---|
| Punjabi | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
36,836 bird observations recorded near Rocky Gully — most often seen:
- Little Raven (2,240)
- Common Starling (2,116)
- House Sparrow (1,855)
- Galah (1,694)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (1,577)
- White-browed Babbler (1,514)
- Red Wattlebird (1,476)
- Singing Honeyeater (1,475)
- New Holland Honeyeater (1,467)
- Willie Wagtail (1,393)
- Eurasian Blackbird (1,296)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (1,264)
- Crested Pigeon (1,160)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rocky Gully
- Mallee Ringneck (1,146)
- Magpie-lark (1,081)
- Weebill (1,059)
- Australian Magpie (1,025)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (1,000)
- Pacific Black Duck (987)
- Eastern Galah (971)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (962)
- Rock Dove (952)
- Australian Pelican (945)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (899)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (889)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (884)
- Striated Pardalote (881)
- Black Kite (880)
- Red-rumped Parrot (875)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (873)
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 Rocky Gully:
- Northern Heights (2.2 km)
- White Hill (3.6 km)
- Murray Bridge (4.3 km)
- Murray Bridge North (4.3 km)
- Mobilong (4.4 km)
- Gifford Hill (6 km)
- Murray Bridge East (6 km)
- Riverglades (6.3 km)
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Streets
- Bigmore Road (5)
- Cypress Terrace (4)
- Field Road (1)
- Mannum Road (6)
- Maurice Road (13)
- Mckay Road (7)
- Monarto Road (8)
- Nicolai Road (1)
- Old Princes Highway (5)
- Rocky Gully Road (37)
