Alma SA 5401
43 addresses · 18 streets
Grey Electorate › Wakefield LGA › Alma · 75 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Alma is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 66 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $2,166 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 33% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wakefield - Barunga West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Alma itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 1.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 1.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 77.1%
Population by age in Alma
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Alma
| House | 22 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Alma
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 5 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Alma
| English | 35 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 32 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| German | 4 |
| Other | 4 |
Housing tenure in Alma
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Alma
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Alma
| Car | 18 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Alma
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
210 bird observations recorded near Alma — most often seen:
- Southern Willie Wagtail (14)
- Australian Magpie (12)
- Common Starling (10)
- Galah (10)
- Little Raven (9)
- North-eastern Brown Treecreeper (9)
- Crimson Rosella (8)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (8)
- Nankeen Kestrel (8)
- Western Striated Pardalote (8)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (7)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (7)
- European Common Starling (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Alma
- House Sparrow (7)
- Noisy Miner (7)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (7)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (7)
- Eastern Galah (6)
- Eurasian Skylark (6)
- Southern Magpie-lark (6)
- European House Sparrow (5)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (5)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (5)
- Jacky Winter (5)
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet (5)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (5)
- Tree Martin (5)
- Black-shouldered Kite (4)
- Brown Songlark (4)
- Musk Lorikeet (4)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Alma:
- Stockyard Creek (6.2 km)
- Giles Corner (7.8 km)
- Salter Springs (8.4 km)
- Owen (10 km)
- Hamley Bridge (11.3 km)
- Stockport (11.3 km)
- Tarlee (11.5 km)
- Barabba (13 km)
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Streets
- Alma Road (5)
- Alma South Road (3)
- Almond Tree Road (4)
- Boundary Road (1)
- Branson Road (1)
- Days Hill Road (2)
- Freebairn Road (3)
- Giles Corner Road (3)
- Haddow Road (4)
- Hazelton Road (1)
- Highfarm Road (1)
- Hill Road (2)
- Holman Road (3)
- Owen Road (1)
- Range Road (4)
- Robin Road (2)
- Station Road (1)
- Ty Road (2)
