Telowie SA 5540
59 addresses · 11 streets
Grey Electorate › Mount Remarkable LGA › Telowie · 212 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Telowie is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 89 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $1,312 a week, with median rent near $190 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Peterborough - Mount Remarkable statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Telowie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Port Pirie Airport, 20.9 km south-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 42.8% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 6.8% · Labour-force participation 57.1%
Population by age in Telowie
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 25 |
| 65-74 | 17 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Telowie
| House | 38 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Telowie
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Telowie
| English | 42 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 38 |
| German | 10 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
Housing tenure in Telowie
| Owned | 19 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Telowie
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Telowie
| Car | 28 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Telowie
| England | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,643 bird observations recorded near Telowie — most often seen:
- Galah (165)
- Singing Honeyeater (149)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (148)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (148)
- Weebill (127)
- Little Raven (126)
- Grey Fantail (113)
- Nankeen Kestrel (109)
- Silvereye (101)
- Grey Butcherbird (99)
- Grey-fronted Honeyeater (97)
- Welcome Swallow (96)
- Rufous Whistler (90)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Telowie
- Australian Magpie (88)
- White-browed Babbler (81)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (67)
- Peaceful Dove (66)
- Striated Pardalote (66)
- Western Striated Pardalote (66)
- Purple-backed Fairy-wren (65)
- Southern Scrub-robin (64)
- Red Wattlebird (62)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (59)
- Common Starling (58)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (58)
- House Sparrow (57)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (55)
- Willie Wagtail (55)
- Black Kite (54)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (54)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Telowie:
- Nelshaby (6.2 km)
- Weeroona Island (7.1 km)
- Germein Bay (8.3 km)
- Port Germein (9.9 km)
- Napperby (10.5 km)
- Port Pirie (14.6 km)
- Coonamia (14.9 km)
- Solomontown (14.9 km)
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Streets
- Blight Road (1)
- Broad Creek Road (2)
- Davis Road (2)
- Holman Road (2)
- Jacobs Road (7)
- Jenkins Road (5)
- Middle Track (7)
- Noel Smith Road (2)
- Scenic Drive N (8)
- Telowie Road (21)
- Tolosa Road (2)
