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Lake Albert vs Meningie

Suburb / Locality comparison ≈ 16 km apart · Lake Albert profile · Meningie profile

Lake Albert Meningie

Meningie and Lake Albert (SA) are nearby areas in South Australia with very different levels of activity. Meningie is a more developed hub with 1,118 people and a mostly car-dependent walkability score of 3.4, while Lake Albert (SA) is largely non-residential with a population of 0 and is car-dependent. Life in Meningie offers much better access to essentials, with 48.2% of homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 47.8% near health services, compared to just 16.7% for both in Lake Albert (SA). Meningie also has a far larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, with 104 people.

Both areas are almost identical in their school profiles, sharing the same average school size of 153 students and an average school advantage score of 883. While they both have one school within 3 km, the two areas differ in how easy it is to reach them; 41.2% of homes in Meningie are within a 15-minute walk of a school, which is far higher than the 14.3% in Lake Albert (SA).

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Where they differ most

Population: 1,118 larger in Meningie

Demographics & Identity

Population in Lake Albertin Meningie +1,118 larger in Meningie gap steady
0 0th pct 1,118 73rd pct
Median age in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 55 yrs 86th pct
First Nations in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 9.3% 86th pct
Aged 65+ in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 33.5% 90th pct
Under 15 in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 14.3% 32nd pct
De facto in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 11.9% 48th pct

Ancestry & Birthplace

Born overseas in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 8.2% 35th pct

Language

Other language in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 3.9% 54th pct
Limited English in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 0.0% 0th pct

Religion

No religion in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 41.3% 52nd pct

Education & Qualifications

Year 12 in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 30.2% 13th pct
Bachelor+ in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 9.2% 26th pct
Schools/1k kids in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 6.25 64th pct
Schools ≤3 km in Lake Albertin Meningie even
1 43rd pct 1 43rd pct
Avg size in Lake Albertin Meningie even
153 32nd pct 153 32nd pct
ICSEA in Lake Albertin Meningie even
883 12th pct 883 12th pct

Income

Personal income in Lake Albertin Meningie
— $607 26th pct
Household income in Lake Albertin Meningie
— $1,022 14th pct
Family income in Lake Albertin Meningie
— $1,322 16th pct
High earners in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 3.4% 25th pct
High-income homes in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 5.9% 18th pct

Health & Disability

Health condition in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 35.1% 78th pct
Mental health in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 6.4% 33rd pct
Needs assistance in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 7.7% 79th pct

Community Participation

Volunteering in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 30.7% 87th pct
Unpaid carers in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 10.2% 27th pct
Unpaid child care in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 20.2% 27th pct
Defence service in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 3.1% 58th pct
Housework 15h+ in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 23.2% 44th pct

First Nations

First Nations people in Lake Albertin Meningie +104 larger in Meningie
0 0th pct 104 86th pct
Median age in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 33 yrs 71st pct
Year 12 in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 36.8% 41st pct
Unemployment in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 15.0% 71st pct
Median income in Lake Albertin Meningie
— $461 26th pct
Household income in Lake Albertin Meningie
— $924 15th pct
Indigenous language in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 23.1% 88th pct

Family & Households

Household size in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 2.1 19th pct
One-parent in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 11.2% 52nd pct
Living alone in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 36.6% 87th pct

Housing & Dwellings

Rent in Lake Albertin Meningie
— $200 25th pct
Mortgage in Lake Albertin Meningie
— $1,000 14th pct
People / bedroom in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 0.70 14th pct
Renting in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 24.3% 70th pct
Owned outright in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 45.4% 63rd pct
Separate houses in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 96.5% 51st pct
3+ bedrooms in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 80.7% 53rd pct

Transport & Vehicles

No car in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 5.9% 77th pct
Work from home in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 13.8% 41st pct
PT commute in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 0.0% 0th pct
PT stops in Lake Albertin Meningie +1 more in Meningie
0 0th pct 1 64th pct
Stops/1k in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 0.89 61st pct
Departures/1k in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 14.3 59th pct
PT routes in Lake Albertin Meningie +2 more in Meningie
0 0th pct 2 75th pct
Drive to city in Lake Albertin Meningie +24 longer in Meningie
84 59th pct 108 74th pct

Migration & Movement

Recent movers in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 28.2% 40th pct
Recent arrivals in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 3.3% 36th pct

Jobs & Industry

Unemployment in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 2.3% 39th pct
Participation in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 49.0% 20th pct
Full-time in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 52.6% 24th pct

Crime & Safety

Crime rate in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 1,968 24th pct
Assault/100k in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 626 46th pct
Burglary/100k in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 179 12th pct
Theft/100k in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 358 17th pct
Vehicle theft/100k in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 358 79th pct
Property damage/100k in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 358 20th pct
5-yr change in Lake Albertin Meningie
— -55.1% 6th pct

Walkability

Walk score in Lake Albertin Meningie +2.3 higher in Meningie
1.1 60th pct 3.4 74th pct
Types ≤15 min in Lake Albertin Meningie +2.5 more in Meningie
1.2 60th pct 3.6 76th pct
15-min city in Lake Albertin Meningie +30.8 pts higher in Meningie
16.7% 71st pct 47.5% 79th pct
Walk to shops in Lake Albertin Meningie +31.5 pts higher in Meningie
16.7% 70th pct 48.2% 79th pct
Walk to transit in Lake Albertin Meningie +29.9 pts higher in Meningie
14.3% 62nd pct 44.2% 71st pct
Walk to school in Lake Albertin Meningie +26.9 pts higher in Meningie
14.3% 62nd pct 41.2% 72nd pct
Walk to a park in Lake Albertin Meningie +39.4 pts higher in Meningie
16.7% 51st pct 56.1% 66th pct
Walk to health in Lake Albertin Meningie +31.1 pts higher in Meningie
16.7% 76th pct 47.8% 83rd pct
Amenities/1k in Lake Albertin Meningie
— 18.8 60th pct
Intersections/km² in Lake Albertin Meningie +1 higher in Meningie
0 1st pct 1 42nd pct
Mean slope in Lake Albertin Meningie +1.9 pts higher in Meningie
2.9% 12th pct 4.9% 40th pct

Compare Lake Albert with nearby areas

Poltalloch Ashville Meningie West Waltowa Narrung Meningie Wellington East Lake Alexandrina

Compare Meningie with nearby areas

Waltowa Lake Albert Ashville Meningie East Meningie West Poltalloch Coorong Field

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Lake Albert vs Meningie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sal/SAL40734/lake-albert/vs/SAL40859/meningie