Elliston
1,057 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 6,742 km², 17 suburbs. Council website: elliston.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
1,057
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.3% in a year
Density
0.2/km²
6,742 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$320k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$1,464
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
5.7 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
5 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
17
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
- 44
- Median household income
- $1,135/week
- Median rent
- $150/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $953/month
- Households renting
- 16.8%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 5 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 4 of 10
Suburbs
17 suburbs where Elliston holds most residents, plus 2 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliston | 375 | All | – / 75% | 2 | |
| Lock | 253 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Murdinga | 72 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Port Kenny | 59 | All | – / 99% | 4 | |
| Venus Bay (SA) | 59 | All | – / 99% | 4 | |
| Mount Damper | 37 | 21% | – / – | 4 | |
| Sheringa | 32 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Bramfield | 31 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Ulyerra | 28 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Tooligie | 25 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Colton | 24 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Mount Wedge | 17 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Palkagee | 15 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Polda | 9 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Coolillie | 8 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Mount Joy | 7 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Talia | 5 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Hambidge | 42% | – / – | |||
| Kappawanta | All | – / 100% |
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
91%
Over 17 of 19 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
- Grey · Tom VENNING (LP)100%
State districts
- Flinders · Sam Telfer (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.