Sampson Flat SA 5114
54 addresses · 7 streets
Spence Electorate › Playford LGA › Sampson Flat · 27 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Sampson Flat is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 147 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $2,277 a week, with median rent near $225 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the One Tree Hill statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sampson Flat itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Smithfield, 11.2 km north-west · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 32.1 km south-west.
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: 27.7% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 27.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 52.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.5% · Labour-force participation 67.5%
Population by age in Sampson Flat
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 22 |
| 15-19 | 13 |
| 20-24 | 12 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 31 |
| 55-64 | 14 |
| 65-74 | 16 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Sampson Flat
| House | 49 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Sampson Flat
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 16 |
| $3,000+ | 16 |
Top ancestries in Sampson Flat
| English | 75 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 49 |
| Irish | 23 |
| German | 14 |
| Other | 11 |
| Russian | 9 |
Housing tenure in Sampson Flat
| Owned | 24 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 25 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Sampson Flat
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Sampson Flat
| Car | 48 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Top countries of birth in Sampson Flat
| England | 16 |
|---|---|
| Italy | 4 |
| United States | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,688 bird observations recorded near Sampson Flat — most often seen:
- Little Raven (368)
- Western Striated Pardalote (324)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (275)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (270)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (257)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (255)
- Australian Wood Duck (249)
- Eastern Galah (245)
- Crimson Rosella (241)
- Red Wattlebird (238)
- Eurasian Blackbird (235)
- Western Red Wattlebird (226)
- Common Bronzewing (225)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sampson Flat
- Australian Magpie (223)
- Common Starling (209)
- Galah (209)
- Mistletoebird (208)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (203)
- House Sparrow (201)
- Pacific Black Duck (200)
- Black-winged Currawong (199)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (199)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (198)
- Mount Lofty Ranges Yellow-faced Honeyeater (183)
- Rock Dove (180)
- Southern Magpie-lark (179)
- White-faced Heron (179)
- New Holland Honeyeater (177)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (168)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (165)
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 Sampson Flat:
- Humbug Scrub (3.3 km)
- One Tree Hill (3.6 km)
- Gould Creek (5.4 km)
- Lower Hermitage (6.4 km)
- Yattalunga (6.6 km)
- Upper Hermitage (6.8 km)
- Yatala Vale (7.1 km)
- Greenwith (7.4 km)
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Streets
- Airstrip Road (2)
- Hannaford Hump Road (4)
- Harvey Road (5)
- Kersbrook Road (6)
- One Tree Hill Road (10)
- Rutland Drive (7)
- Shillabeer Road (20)
