Swede Flat SA 5270
14 addresses · 6 streets
Barker Electorate › Tatiara LGA › Swede Flat · 240 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Swede Flat is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 18 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $3,874 a week, with median rent near $185 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Tatiara statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Swede Flat itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 10.2% 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 | 10.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 13.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Swede Flat
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Swede Flat
| House | 8 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Swede Flat
| Australian | 8 |
|---|---|
| English | 4 |
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Swede Flat
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Swede Flat
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Swede Flat
| Car | 5 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
117 bird observations recorded near Swede Flat — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (10)
- Australian Shelduck (9)
- Grey Teal (7)
- Australian Wood Duck (6)
- White-necked Heron (6)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (6)
- White-faced Heron (5)
- Australasian Shoveler (4)
- Black Swan (4)
- Black-tailed Native-hen (4)
- Black-winged Stilt (4)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (4)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (4)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Swede Flat
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (4)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (3)
- Eastern Galah (3)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (3)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (3)
- Noisy Miner (3)
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet (3)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (3)
- Western Striated Pardalote (3)
- Australian Pelican (2)
- Birds (2)
- Black-winged Currawong (2)
- Brown Songlark (2)
- Eastern Australian Raven (2)
- Great Cormorant (2)
- Grey Butcherbird (2)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (2)
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 Swede Flat:
- Kongal (8.4 km)
- Mundulla West (10.8 km)
- Marcollat (15.3 km)
- Buckingham (15.3 km)
- Willalooka (16.1 km)
- Padthaway (16.8 km)
- Carew (17.1 km)
- Mundulla (21.8 km)
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Streets
- Cramer Road (1)
- Excell Road (2)
- Jones Road (2)
- Rowney Road (3)
- Swedes Flat Road (5)
- Yallamurray Road (1)
