Berri Barmera
10,758 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 476 km², 9 suburbs. Council website: berribarmera.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
10,758
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.1% in a year
Density
23/km²
476 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$338k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$322
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
2.4 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
2 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
9
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 46
- Median household income
- $1,169/week
- Median rent
- $210/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,083/month
- Households renting
- 29.2%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 2 of 10
Suburbs
9 suburbs where Berri Barmera holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berri | 4,143 | All | – / 66% | 1 | |
| Barmera | 2,884 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Monash (SA) | 1,110 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Glossop | 919 | All | – / 99% | 2 | |
| Loveday | 655 | All | – / 97% | 2 | |
| Cobdogla | 375 | All | – / 98% | 2 | |
| Winkie | 336 | All | – / 98% | 5 | |
| Overland Corner | 64 | 87% | – / – | 3 | |
| Katarapko | All | – / 97% |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Bushfire-prone land
84%
Over 7 of 9 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
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Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Barker · Tony PASIN (LP)100%
State districts
- Chaffey · Tim Whetstone (LIB)100%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every South Australia council on the council map or the South Australia council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.