Lameroo, SA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Lameroo is a small town in the Murray Mallee of South Australia, about 210 kilometres east of Adelaide and 40 kilometres from the Victorian border, in the Southern Mallee District Council. Permanent settlement followed the digging of a well in 1884 at a spot then called Wow Wow Plain, and the town was surveyed in 1904. Its name was suggested that year by J.M. Johnston, who had worked on the Overland Telegraph Line and liked the sound of a word he had heard in Darwin. The Pinnaroo railway reached the town in 1906 and ran until 2015, when grain shifted to road. Wheat and sheep still anchor the district. Heritage-listed buildings include the Irish Martyrs Catholic Church, and the Billiatt and Ngarkat conservation reserves lie nearby.
Around the national middle
Lameroo is more socio-economically advantaged than about 43% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 975, 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.
Lameroo at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 857
- Median age
- 45
- Median weekly household income
- $1,364
- SEIFA score
- 975
- Coordinates
- -35.2785, 140.4518
Lameroo demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Lameroo 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 26%, 23% of homes are rented, and 15% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 152 | 18% |
| Youth (15–24) | 84 | 10% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 182 | 21% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 226 | 26% |
| Seniors (65+) | 212 | 25% |
Share of the 856 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 149 | 44% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 79 | 23% |
| Rented | 77 | 23% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 324 | 96% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 11 | 3% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 338 occupied private dwellings in Lameroo.
- Median weekly rent
- $161
- Median monthly mortgage
- $867
- Average household size
- 2.3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,654
- Median weekly personal income
- $733
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 116 (15%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 70 (9%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 22 (3%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 271 (40%)
- Labour-force participation
- 57.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5%
- Employed full-time
- 265
- Employed part-time
- 114
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.
Common questions about Lameroo
Where is Lameroo?
Lameroo is a suburb of South Australia, Australia.
What is the population of Lameroo?
At the 2021 Census, Lameroo had a population of about 857.
Is Lameroo an advantaged area?
Lameroo has an ABS SEIFA score of 975, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 43 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 43% of Australian suburbs.
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