Roxby Downs SA 5725

Living Here

Roxby Downs is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 3,671 people, with a median age of 30. The typical household earns around $3,142 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 29% of households own their home and 68% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Roxby Downs statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Roxby Downs itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Roxby Downs Area School
• 1 supermarket

  • Woolworths
• 1 hospital

  • Roxby Downs Hospital
• 1 hardware store

  • Mitre 10
• 1 place to stay

  • Roxby Downs Motor Inn

Getting around. Airport: Olympic Dam Airport, 8.9 km north.

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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: 2.7% 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 2.2% · Labour-force participation 79.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,951 bird observations recorded near Roxby Downs — most often seen:

• Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (141)
• Pacific Black Duck (99)
• Australian Raven (92)
• Little Crow (90)
• Zebra Finch (90)
• Black Kite (85)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (77)
• Red-capped Robin (76)
• Little Corella (73)
• Inland Singing Honeyeater (69)
• Southern Willie Wagtail (68)
• Yellow-throated Miner (68)
• Eastern Crested Pigeon (64)

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 Roxby Downs:

• Olympic Dam (9 km)
• Andamooka Station (20.6 km)
• Purple Downs (26 km)
• Andamooka (28.2 km)
• Parakylia (51.1 km)
• Arcoona (53.1 km)
• Mulgaria (70.6 km)

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