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Hahndorf - Echunga vs Mount Barker
Statistical Area 2 (SA2) comparison ≈ 8.1 km apart · Hahndorf - Echunga profile · Mount Barker profile
Hahndorf - Echunga Mount Barker
Mount Barker and Hahndorf - Echunga are neighbouring areas with very different populations. Mount Barker is much younger, with a typical resident aged 37 and 20% of the population under 15. In contrast, Hahndorf - Echunga is far older, where the typical age is 48 and seniors make up 26.2% of the area. These two places also differ in how people live; residents in Hahndorf - Echunga are far more likely to own their homes outright (42.6%), while renting is far more common in Mount Barker (26.4%).
Daily life in both areas is similar in several ways, with nearly identical unemployment rates of 3.6% and typical weekly personal incomes of around $800 to $825. However, the gap in age and home ownership has widened since 2011. Mount Barker has grown rapidly, with its population rising 20.2% since 2021, while Hahndorf - Echunga has seen a small decrease of 1.0% over the same period.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2011: 4,280
- First area, 2016: 4,465
- First area, 2021: 4,726
- Second area, 2011: 14,915
- Second area, 2016: 17,365
- Second area, 2021: 22,113
- First area, 2011: 44 yrs
- First area, 2016: 47 yrs
- First area, 2021: 48 yrs
- Second area, 2011: 36 yrs
- Second area, 2016: 37 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 37 yrs
Age structure
Marital status
Age & sex structure
Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.
- 85+ in Hahndorf - Echunga: 1.6% males, 2.9% females; 85+ in Mount Barker: 0.8% males, 1.2% females
- 80–84 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 1.5% males, 2.0% females; 80–84 in Mount Barker: 0.8% males, 1.2% females
- 75–79 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 2.3% males, 2.0% females; 75–79 in Mount Barker: 1.5% males, 2.0% females
- 70–74 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 3.6% males, 3.1% females; 70–74 in Mount Barker: 2.2% males, 2.5% females
- 65–69 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 3.3% males, 3.7% females; 65–69 in Mount Barker: 2.4% males, 2.7% females
- 60–64 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 3.6% males, 4.2% females; 60–64 in Mount Barker: 2.3% males, 2.8% females
- 55–59 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 3.2% males, 3.2% females; 55–59 in Mount Barker: 2.5% males, 2.8% females
- 50–54 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 4.0% males, 4.0% females; 50–54 in Mount Barker: 2.9% males, 3.3% females
- 45–49 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 3.2% males, 3.4% females; 45–49 in Mount Barker: 3.0% males, 3.4% females
- 40–44 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 2.5% males, 2.6% females; 40–44 in Mount Barker: 3.1% males, 3.4% females
- 35–39 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 2.9% males, 3.4% females; 35–39 in Mount Barker: 3.3% males, 3.6% females
- 30–34 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 1.7% males, 2.0% females; 30–34 in Mount Barker: 3.4% males, 3.5% females
- 25–29 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 1.7% males, 1.7% females; 25–29 in Mount Barker: 3.5% males, 3.5% females
- 20–24 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 2.4% males, 2.5% females; 20–24 in Mount Barker: 3.2% males, 3.1% females
- 15–19 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 3.0% males, 3.1% females; 15–19 in Mount Barker: 3.0% males, 3.0% females
- 10–14 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 3.1% males, 2.7% females; 10–14 in Mount Barker: 3.5% males, 3.4% females
- 5–9 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 2.6% males, 2.4% females; 5–9 in Mount Barker: 3.4% males, 3.1% females
- 0–4 in Hahndorf - Echunga: 2.7% males, 2.4% females; 0–4 in Mount Barker: 3.5% males, 3.1% females
Ancestry & Birthplace
Country of birth
Ancestry
Language
Language used at home
Religion
Religious affiliation
Education & Qualifications
Highest year of school
Highest qualification level
Field of qualification
Income
- First area, 2011: $610
- First area, 2016: $673
- First area, 2021: $804
- Second area, 2011: $584
- Second area, 2016: $660
- Second area, 2021: $825
- First area, 2011: $1,422
- First area, 2016: $1,597
- First area, 2021: $1,926
- Second area, 2011: $1,180
- Second area, 2016: $1,373
- Second area, 2021: $1,698
- First area, 2011: $1,761
- First area, 2016: $1,937
- First area, 2021: $2,333
- Second area, 2011: $1,458
- Second area, 2016: $1,695
- Second area, 2021: $2,090
Household income distribution
Personal income distribution
Health & Disability
Long-term health conditions reported
Number of long-term health conditions
Community Participation
First Nations
Family & Households
- First area, 2011: 2.6
- First area, 2016: 2.6
- First area, 2021: 2.6
- Second area, 2011: 2.6
- Second area, 2016: 2.6
- Second area, 2021: 2.5
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2011: $260
- First area, 2016: $300
- First area, 2021: $345
- Second area, 2011: $270
- Second area, 2016: $310
- Second area, 2021: $350
- First area, 2011: $1,647
- First area, 2016: $1,733
- First area, 2021: $1,900
- Second area, 2011: $1,700
- Second area, 2016: $1,639
- Second area, 2021: $1,647
- First area, 2011: 1.10
- First area, 2016: 0.80
- First area, 2021: 0.80
- Second area, 2011: 1.00
- Second area, 2016: 0.80
- Second area, 2021: 0.70
How homes are owned or rented
Types of homes
Bedrooms per home
Weekly rent distribution
Monthly mortgage distribution
Transport & Vehicles
How people get to work
Motor vehicles per home
Migration & Movement
Jobs & Industry
Industries people work in
Occupations people work in
Economy & Advantage
Environment & Climate
Walkability
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Hahndorf - Echunga vs Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sa2/401021005/hahndorf-echunga/vs/401021007/mount-barker