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Solomontown SA 5540

836 addresses · 41 streets

Grey Electorate › Port Pirie LGA › Solomontown · 201 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Solomontown is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,088 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $836 a week, with median rent near $195 a week. Most homes are houses. About 64% of households own their home and 36% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

1,088Population
44Median age
$836Median household income / wk
$195Median rent / wk
2.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Port Pirie Airport, 6.1 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 1.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Solomontown

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Solomontown SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20201.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20211.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 12.5% · Labour-force participation 45.6%

Population by age in Solomontown
Population by age, Solomontown SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-458
5-14115
15-1956
20-2486
25-34146
35-4494
45-54144
55-64156
65-74118
75-8487
85+26
Dwelling types in Solomontown
Dwelling types, Solomontown SA (ABS Census 2021)
House426
Townhouse30
Apartment7
Other11
Households by weekly income in Solomontown
Households by weekly income, Solomontown SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$650172
$650-1,499163
$1,500-2,99985
$3,000+21
Top ancestries in Solomontown
Top ancestries, Solomontown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian443
English440
Ancestry NS100
German77
Aboriginal70
Scottish70
Housing tenure in Solomontown
Housing tenure, Solomontown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned152
Mortgage138
Rented163
Other3
Cars per household in Solomontown
Cars per household, Solomontown SA (ABS Census 2021)
084
1199
2112
342
4+20
Commute to work in Solomontown
Commute to work, Solomontown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car280
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked19
Bicycle3
Home4
Top countries of birth in Solomontown
Top countries of birth, Solomontown SA (ABS Census 2021)
England19
New Zealand19
Italy12
Thailand5
India4
Fiji3
Languages used at home in Solomontown
Languages used at home, Solomontown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Italian17
Punjabi8
Portuguese8
Vietnamese6
Thai3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,894 bird observations recorded near Solomontown — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Solomontown

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.