Sunlands SA 5322
307 addresses · 32 streets
Barker Electorate › Loxton Waikerie LGA › Sunlands · 147 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Sunlands is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 356 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,144 a week, with median rent near $165 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Waikerie statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sunlands itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 service station
1 golf club
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: 4.4% 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 | 4.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 37.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.7% · Labour-force participation 58.8%
Population by age in Sunlands
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 35 |
| 15-19 | 19 |
| 20-24 | 17 |
| 25-34 | 37 |
| 35-44 | 37 |
| 45-54 | 45 |
| 55-64 | 60 |
| 65-74 | 67 |
| 75-84 | 25 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Sunlands
| House | 142 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Sunlands
| <$650 | 33 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 52 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 35 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Sunlands
| English | 163 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 127 |
| German | 69 |
| Ancestry NS | 41 |
| Irish | 20 |
| Scottish | 20 |
Housing tenure in Sunlands
| Owned | 67 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 41 |
| Rented | 26 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Sunlands
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 35 |
| 2 | 53 |
| 3 | 31 |
| 4+ | 22 |
Commute to work in Sunlands
| Car | 155 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Top countries of birth in Sunlands
| Malaysia | 15 |
|---|---|
| England | 11 |
| Germany | 4 |
| Netherlands | 4 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Thailand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,109 bird observations recorded near Sunlands — most often seen:
- Grey Teal (270)
- Australian Shelduck (207)
- Black Swan (174)
- Australian Pelican (163)
- Whistling Kite (137)
- Pacific Black Duck (133)
- Rock Dove (126)
- Yellow Rosella (126)
- Masked Lapwing (116)
- Galah (111)
- Australian Wood Duck (97)
- Silver Gull (94)
- Red-rumped Parrot (93)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sunlands
- Welcome Swallow (92)
- Noisy Miner (90)
- Crimson Rosella (87)
- Common Starling (86)
- Magpie-lark (85)
- Hardhead (76)
- White-faced Heron (76)
- Australian Magpie (75)
- Eastern Regent Parrot (73)
- Red-necked Avocet (73)
- Tree Martin (72)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (70)
- Caspian Tern (68)
- Willie Wagtail (66)
- Australian Raven (60)
- Crested Pigeon (57)
- Australasian Shoveler (56)
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 Sunlands:
- Qualco (3.3 km)
- Ramco Heights (6.5 km)
- Ramco (6.7 km)
- Taylorville (6.8 km)
- Markaranka (7.8 km)
- Golden Heights (8.7 km)
- Waikerie (11.4 km)
- Stockyard Plain (12.8 km)
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Streets
- Barclay Road (1)
- Butterworth Road (1)
- Cadell Valley Road (75)
- Cameron Street (6)
- Carleton Road (5)
- Cox Road (9)
- Downer Road (1)
- Dunlop Road (5)
- Enduro Road (2)
- Foster Road (4)
- Grasby Road (8)
- Hartwig Road (10)
- Hill Road (17)
- Hooper Road (3)
- Jock Barrett Road (3)
- Keenan Road (6)
- Kemp Street (6)
- Kerr Road (1)
- Lawrence Street (2)
- Medley Road (19)
- Mueller Street (3)
- Murrayview Road (3)
- Nicol Avenue (4)
- Norman Road (1)
- Oxford Landing Road (2)
- Parkes Road (7)
- Playford Road (53)
- Ramco Road (21)
- Reid Road (3)
- Sheehan Road (3)
- Storey Road (1)
- Thompson Road (22)
