 Marla Airport (also known as "Marla Aerodrome") is located about to the south of the town in the adjoining locality of Welbourn Hill.Marla is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Giles, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state government region of the Far North.As of 2018, the community within Marla received municipal services from a South Australian government agency, the Outback Communities Authority.