Hamley Bridge, SA
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Hamley Bridge is a town in the lower Mid North of South Australia, about 78km north of Adelaide near the junction of the Gilbert and Light rivers. It is named after Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Gilbert Hamley, an acting governor of the colony; his wife, Lady Edith Hamley, laid the bridge's foundation stone in 1868. Settlement began in the early 1860s and the township was laid out in 1868, the same year the railway arrived. From 1880 to 1927 it was a break-of-gauge station where freight was transferred between broad and narrow gauge lines, and the heritage-listed stone railway station and signal box survive from that busy era. Grain farming surrounds the town today.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Hamley Bridge is more socio-economically advantaged than about 6% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 867, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Hamley Bridge a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Lower on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Hamley Bridge from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
6/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (6/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
71/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $220 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 71% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Hamley Bridge at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 709
- Median age
- 47
- Median weekly household income
- $1,008
- SEIFA score
- 867
- Local government area
- Wakefield
- Coordinates
- -34.3488, 138.6618
Map of Hamley Bridge
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Housing & property in Hamley Bridge
What it costs to live in Hamley Bridge and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $220
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,018
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 74%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 19%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Hamley Bridge demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Hamley Bridge demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Hamley Bridge using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 28% and 16% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 122 | 17% |
| Youth (15–24) | 78 | 11% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 145 | 20% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 202 | 28% |
| Seniors (65+) | 165 | 23% |
Share of the 712 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 90 | 33% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 113 | 41% |
| Rented | 53 | 19% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 261 | 97% |
| Townhouses & semis | 8 | 3% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 269 occupied private dwellings in Hamley Bridge.
- Average household size
- 2.4 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,440
- Median weekly personal income
- $585
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 107 (16%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 22 (3%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 21 (3%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 187 (33%)
- Labour-force participation
- 47.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.9%
- Employed full-time
- 139
- Employed part-time
- 98
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Hamley Bridge
Is Hamley Bridge a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Hamley Bridge rates 28/100 overall (Lower on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Hamley Bridge?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Hamley Bridge was $220, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,018. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Hamley Bridge?
Hamley Bridge is a suburb of South Australia, Australia, in the Wakefield local government area.
What is the population of Hamley Bridge?
At the 2021 Census, Hamley Bridge had a population of about 709.
Is Hamley Bridge an advantaged area?
Hamley Bridge has an ABS SEIFA score of 867, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 6 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 6% of Australian suburbs.
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