Mount Remarkable
2,861 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 3,423 km², 21 suburbs. Council website: mtr.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
2,861
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.3% in a year
Density
0.8/km²
3,423 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$240k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$942
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
4.5 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
21
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
- 55
- Median household income
- $1,119/week
- Median rent
- $180/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $919/month
- Households renting
- 11.7%
- Average household
- 2.2 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 5 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 5 of 10
Suburbs
21 suburbs where Mount Remarkable holds most residents, plus 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington | 667 | All | – / 93% | 3 | |
| Booleroo Centre | 482 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Port Germein | 368 | All | – / 97% | 1 | |
| Wirrabara | 353 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Melrose (SA) | 342 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Weeroona Island | 117 | All | – / 96% | 1 | |
| Appila | 91 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Telowie | 89 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Murray Town | 58 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Baroota | 52 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Wongyarra | 49 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Bangor (SA) | 39 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Willowie | 33 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Woolundunga | 30 | All | – / 85% | 5 | |
| Mambray Creek | 26 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Hammond | 22 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Bruce (SA) | 17 | All | – / 84% | 5 | |
| Nectar Brook | 17 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Moockra | 12 | 43% | – / – | 5 | |
| Amyton | 9 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Germein Bay | 5 | All | – / 78% | 1 | |
| Winninowie | 5 | 50% | – / – | 6 |
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
98%
Over 20 of 22 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Representation
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
- Stuart · Geoff Brock (IND)100%
- Giles · Eddie Hughes (ALP)1%
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.