Square Mile SA 5291
15 addresses · 4 streets
Barker Electorate › Grant LGA › Square Mile · 382 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Square Mile is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 31 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $3,624 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. 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 Grant statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Square Mile itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 optometrist
1 hospital
1 library
1 post office
1 gym
2 golf clubs
1 dog park
2 plumbers
Getting around. Airport: Mount Gambier Airport, 13.3 km north.
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: 3.6% 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 | 3.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 5.8% |
Demographics
Population by age in Square Mile
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 8 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Square Mile
| House | 9 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Square Mile
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Square Mile
| Australian | 15 |
|---|---|
| English | 14 |
| Italian | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Square Mile
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Square Mile
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Square Mile
| Car | 21 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Languages used at home in Square Mile
| Italian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,793 bird observations recorded near Square Mile — most often seen:
- Eurasian Blackbird (368)
- New Holland Honeyeater (288)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (257)
- Pacific Black Duck (254)
- Superb Fairy-wren (243)
- Australian Magpie (225)
- Red Wattlebird (225)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (216)
- European Goldfinch (181)
- Common Starling (167)
- Eurasian Coot (165)
- House Sparrow (152)
- Grey Fantail (143)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Square Mile
- Little Raven (143)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (136)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (131)
- Dusky Moorhen (130)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (130)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (123)
- Crimson Rosella (116)
- Magpie-lark (116)
- Australian Wood Duck (115)
- Silvereye (115)
- Masked Lapwing (104)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (104)
- White-naped Honeyeater (98)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (93)
- Welcome Swallow (91)
- Little Black Cormorant (84)
- White-browed Scrubwren (80)
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 Square Mile:
- Ob Flat (1.8 km)
- Yahl (2.5 km)
- Glenburnie (4.9 km)
- Mount Gambier (5.2 km)
- Moorak (6 km)
- Worrolong (6.2 km)
- Caveton (8.2 km)
- Suttontown (8.5 km)
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Streets
- Glenelg River Road (2)
- Square Mile Road (6)
- Woodlands Road (5)
- Yahl Hall Road (2)
