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Mount Barker

South Australia · Adelaide - Central and Hills · 39,079 people · 30 suburbs · 9 postcodes

Mount Barker at a glance

Map shows the Mount Barker LGA boundary in blue with a marker per suburb. Hover for suburb name, click for details.

Marker colour reflects SEIFA IRSAD decile: ● 1-2 (most disadvantaged), ● 3-4, ● 5-6, ● 7-8, ● 9-10 (most advantaged).

Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021. Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors.

Federal electorate boundaries can be toggled on the map. Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021 CED boundaries.

Mount Barker is a metropolitan Local Government Area in South Australia, in the Adelaide region. It covers 30 suburbs across 9 postcodes and an area of 609 km². Mount Barker has a population of 39,079 , ranking #14 most populous in SA. The most populous suburb is Mount Barker (18,330 residents).About 15.1% of residents were born overseas and 5.1% speak a language other than English at home.

Who lives here

How they live

Work and learning

Schools in Mount Barker

15 schools across Mount Barker: 66.7% Government, 6.7% Catholic, 26.7% Independent. The SA average is 70.8% / 14.3% / 14.9%. Schools here have a median ICSEA of 1042 (range 975 to 1101). SA median is 999; national mean is 1000.

All 15 schools in Mount Barker, sorted by enrolment:

School	Sector	Type	Suburb	Students	ICSEA
Mount Barker High School	Government	Secondary	Mount Barker	1,061	1010
St Francis de Sales College	Catholic	Combined	Mount Barker	1,047	1051
Cornerstone College	Independent	Secondary	Mount Barker	754	1094
Mount Barker South Primary School	Government	Primary	Mount Barker	399	1011
Nairne School - Preschool and Primary	Government	Primary	Nairne	399	1009
St Mark's Lutheran School	Independent	Primary	Mount Barker	351	1071
Littlehampton Primary School	Government	Primary	Littlehampton	336	1036
Mount Barker Primary School	Government	Primary	Mount Barker	326	1016
Mount Barker Waldorf School	Independent	Combined	Mount Barker	321	1087
Meadows Primary School	Government	Primary	Meadows	193	1013
St Michael's Lutheran School, Hahndorf Inc	Independent	Primary	Hahndorf	192	1101
Hahndorf Primary School	Government	Primary	Hahndorf	166	1049
Echunga Primary and Preschool	Government	Primary	Echunga	149	1042
Macclesfield Primary School	Government	Primary	Macclesfield	79	1053
Callington Primary School	Government	Primary	Callington	71	975

Source: ACARA School Profiles 2025. ICSEA shown where reported; some schools (notably small primaries) do not publish ICSEA.

SEIFA socio-economic indexes

SEIFA 2021 ranks Australian areas across four dimensions. Scores are population-weighted averages of suburb-level SEIFA scores within Mount Barker. Higher scores indicate more advantage; the national mean is 1000.

Suburbs in Mount Barker

Mount Barker contains 30 suburbs and 9 postcodes. Sorted by population.

Suburb	Postcode	Population	Median income	Median age
Mount Barker	5251	18,330	$1,624/wk	36
Nairne	5252	5,327	$1,776/wk	36
Littlehampton	5250	3,300	$2,086/wk	40
Hahndorf	5245	2,814	$1,735/wk	51
Meadows	5201	1,717	$1,964/wk	39
Macclesfield	5153	1,413	$1,605/wk	47
Echunga	5153	1,219	$2,090/wk	41
Kanmantoo	5252	686	$1,705/wk	38
Callington	5254	625	$1,312/wk	42
Harrogate	5244	431	$1,942/wk	46
Brukunga	5252	400	$1,458/wk	42
Blakiston	5250	377	$2,600/wk	46
Dawesley	5252	316	$1,949/wk	43
Bugle Ranges	5251	289	$2,031/wk	48
Wistow	5251	285	$1,524/wk	50
Jupiter Creek	5153	231	$2,305/wk	48
Paechtown	5245	204	$2,386/wk	51
Flaxley	5153	177	$1,562/wk	48
Mount Barker Springs	5251	174	$3,028/wk	49
Chapel Hill	5153	127	$2,833/wk	43
Bull Creek	5157	111	$1,562/wk	51
Mount Barker Summit	5251	100	$1,625/wk	50
Totness	5250	96	$2,374/wk	47
Petwood	5252	90	$1,812/wk	42
Green Hills Range	5153	88	$1,625/wk	46
Biggs Flat	5153	84	$1,625/wk	43
St Ives	5252	35	$1,874/wk	35
Hay Valley	5252	25	$1,624/wk	42
Mount Barker Junction	5251	8	$3,999/wk	39
Dorset Vale	5157		$1,125/wk	64

Postcodes covered

5153, 5157, 5201, 5244, 5245, 5250, 5251, 5252, 5254

Compare Mount Barker with neighbouring LGAs

Side-by-side demographic and socio-economic snapshot of Mount Barker and its closest neighbouring LGAs.

LGA	Population	Median age	SEIFA IRSAD	% renting	% overseas-born
Mount Barker (SA)	39,079	39.2	1003	22.2%	15.1%
Adelaide Hills	41,441	44.6	1066	10.9%	16.6%
Alexandrina	28,991	53.2	950	18.5%	16.2%
Murray Bridge	21,404	43.2	865	33.5%	12.7%
Mid Murray	9,045	53.6	882	17.4%	10.7%
Onkaparinga	177,379	41.2	952	23.4%	21.2%

Services and amenities

Frequently asked questions about Mount Barker

What is the population of Mount Barker?

The 2021 Census recorded 39,079 people living in Mount Barker, across 30 suburbs.

What suburbs are in Mount Barker?

Mount Barker contains 30 suburbs. The most populous are Mount Barker, Nairne, Littlehampton, Hahndorf, Meadows.See the full list in the Suburbs section above.

What postcodes are in Mount Barker?

Mount Barker covers 9 postcodes: 5153, 5157, 5201, 5244, 5245, 5250, 5251, 5252, 5254.

How many schools are in Mount Barker?

Mount Barker has 15 schools, including 10 government, 1 Catholic, and 4 independent schools (ACARA 2025).

What is the SEIFA score for Mount Barker?

Mount Barker has a population-weighted SEIFA IRSAD score of 1003, where the national average is 1000. Higher scores indicate more relative advantage.

Page last reviewed June 2026. Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 (IRSD, IRSAD, IER, IEO), ACARA School Profiles 2025, ABS ASGS 2021 LGA boundaries. How this data is sourced.