Vivonne Bay SA 5223
198 addresses · 15 streets
Mayo Electorate › Kangaroo Island LGA › Vivonne Bay · 174 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Vivonne Bay is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 95 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,249 a week, with median rent near $190 a week. Most homes are houses. About 61% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Kangaroo Island statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Vivonne Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 service station
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Kingscote Airport, 43.3 km north-east.
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: 40.1% 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 | 40.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 48.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8% · Labour-force participation 68.5%
Population by age in Vivonne Bay
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Vivonne Bay
| House | 29 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Vivonne Bay
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Vivonne Bay
| English | 41 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 34 |
| Ancestry NS | 16 |
| German | 10 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Other | 9 |
Housing tenure in Vivonne Bay
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Vivonne Bay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 15 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Vivonne Bay
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Vivonne Bay
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
Languages used at home in Vivonne Bay
| Filipino | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,488 bird observations recorded near Vivonne Bay — most often seen:
- Australian Little Penguin (341)
- Kangaroo Island Grey Currawong (223)
- Eastern Hooded Dotterel (177)
- Silvereye (124)
- Silver Gull (107)
- New Holland Honeyeater (96)
- Superb Fairy-wren (93)
- Kangaroo Island Superb Fairy-wren (88)
- Little Raven (87)
- Red Wattlebird (81)
- Purple-gaped Honeyeater (75)
- Painted Button-quail (69)
- South Australian Silvereye (69)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Vivonne Bay
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (67)
- Welcome Swallow (66)
- Grey Currawong (62)
- Crested Tern (59)
- Kangaroo Island Red Wattlebird (54)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (53)
- Giinbaywarraymal (52)
- Striated Pardalote (50)
- Australian Magpie (47)
- Australian Raven (47)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (47)
- Hooded Plover (44)
- Eastern Spinebill (43)
- Crescent Honeyeater (42)
- Pacific Gull (42)
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (42)
- Kangaroo Island New Holland Honeyeater (41)
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
- Bayview Road (29)
- Crabb Road (39)
- Dolphin Crescent (15)
- Flinders Road (27)
- Harriet Road (6)
- Jetty Road (8)
- Knofel Drive (3)
- Lyle Street (3)
- Mount Stockdale Road (3)
- Mount Taylor Road (2)
- Rowsell Road (2)
- Samedi Drive (9)
- Shell Street (3)
- South Coast Road (24)
- Sunset Way (25)
