Murray Bridge
23,539 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 1,832 km², 35 suburbs. Council website: murraybridge.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
23,539
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.9% in a year
Density
13/km²
1,832 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$455k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$228
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
10.3 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
1 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
35
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
- 43
- Median household income
- $1,109/week
- Median rent
- $240/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,127/month
- Households renting
- 31.8%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 1 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 2 of 10
Suburbs
35 suburbs where Murray Bridge holds most residents, plus 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Bridge | 15,043 | All | – / 78% | 1 | |
| Murray Bridge East | 1,196 | All | – / 95% | 4 | |
| Riverglades | 856 | All | – / 99% | 4 | |
| Callington | 625 | 52% | $358kDec 2022 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Mypolonga | 506 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Northern Heights | 305 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Rockleigh | 287 | 86% | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Jervois | 258 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Burdett | 234 | 97% | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Monarto | 203 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| White Sands | 194 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Murray Bridge South | 189 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Woods Point (SA) | 188 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Wellington (SA) | 184 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Avoca Dell | 166 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Swanport | 157 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Monarto South | 152 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Murray Bridge North | 142 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Caloote | 133 | 14% | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Rocky Gully (SA) | 113 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| White Hill | 111 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Brinkley | 107 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Monteith | 104 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Long Flat (SA) | 103 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Sunnyside (SA) | 96 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Woodlane | 94 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Pallamana | 68 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Kepa | 60 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Wall Flat | 60 | 8% | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Mulgundawa | 41 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Toora (SA) | 41 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Gifford Hill | 38 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Ettrick (SA) | 37 | All | – / 99% | 3 | |
| Chapman Bore | 26 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Naturi | 25 | 24% | – / – | 2 | |
| Murrawong | 19 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Riverglen | 19 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Mobilong | 7 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Lake Alexandrina | 34% | – / 64% |
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 38 of 39 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 1 member suburb with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2022).
- Lowest suburb median
- $358k
- Median of suburb medians
- $358k
- Highest suburb median
- $358k
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
- Barker · Tony PASIN (LP)100%
State districts
- Hammond · Adrian Pederick (LIB)100%
- MacKillop · Nick McBride (IND)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. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. 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.