Seal Bay SA 5223
7 addresses · 2 streets
Mayo Electorate › Kangaroo Island LGA › Seal Bay · 162 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Seal Bay is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 7 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week. Most homes are houses. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, German, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kangaroo Island statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Seal Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
Getting around. Airport: Kingscote Airport, 31.8 km north-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: 75.8% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 75.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 89.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Seal Bay
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Seal Bay
| House | 6 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Seal Bay
| Australian | 5 |
|---|---|
| German | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Commute to work in Seal Bay
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,109 bird observations recorded near Seal Bay — most often seen:
- Kangaroo Island Superb Fairy-wren (143)
- Kangaroo Island New Holland Honeyeater (95)
- South Australian Crescent Honeyeater (82)
- Kangaroo Island Red Wattlebird (60)
- Kangaroo Island Spotted Scrubwren (55)
- Kangaroo Island Purple-gaped Honeyeater (50)
- Kangaroo Island Grey Currawong (48)
- Superb Fairy-wren (48)
- Kangaroo Island Brown Thornbill (43)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (40)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (32)
- Western Striated Pardalote (32)
- South Australian Silvereye (30)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Seal Bay
- Australian Magpie (29)
- Little Raven (27)
- Red Wattlebird (26)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (25)
- South Australian Eastern Spinebill (24)
- Welcome Swallow (22)
- New Holland Honeyeater (21)
- Striated Pardalote (21)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (20)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (19)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (18)
- Scarlet Robin (18)
- Galah (17)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (16)
- Kangaroo Island Brown-headed Honeyeater (16)
- Pacific Black Duck (16)
- Southern Queensland Striated Thornbill (16)
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 Seal Bay:
- Seddon (10.4 km)
- Vivonne Bay (12.8 km)
- Parndana (17.1 km)
- Newland (17.8 km)
- Macgillivray (19.3 km)
- Kohinoor (21.2 km)
- Duncan (24.5 km)
- Birchmore (25 km)
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Streets
- Seal Bay Road (4)
- South Coast Road (3)