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Iron Knob SA 5611

135 addresses · 20 streets

Grey Electorate › Unincorporated SA LGA › Iron Knob · 278 km from Adelaide

Living Here

Iron Knob is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 110 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $556 a week, with median rent near $130 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

110Population
57Median age
$556Median household income / wk
$130Median rent / wk
1.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Flinders Ranges statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Iron Knob itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Whyalla Airport, 49.6 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 0.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Iron Knob

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Iron Knob SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20200.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20211.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 12.5% · Labour-force participation 25.5%

Population by age in Iron Knob
Population by age, Iron Knob SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-44
5-147
15-193
20-240
25-345
35-449
45-5420
55-6414
65-7426
75-849
85+0
Dwelling types in Iron Knob
Dwelling types, Iron Knob SA (ABS Census 2021)
House53
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Iron Knob
Households by weekly income, Iron Knob SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65030
$650-1,49913
$1,500-2,9990
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Iron Knob
Top ancestries, Iron Knob SA (ABS Census 2021)
English44
Australian39
Ancestry NS15
German13
Italian10
Aboriginal8
Housing tenure in Iron Knob
Housing tenure, Iron Knob SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned35
Mortgage8
Rented11
Other4
Cars per household in Iron Knob
Cars per household, Iron Knob SA (ABS Census 2021)
08
124
211
33
4+3
Commute to work in Iron Knob
Commute to work, Iron Knob SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car23
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home0
Top countries of birth in Iron Knob
Top countries of birth, Iron Knob SA (ABS Census 2021)
England10
Philippines3
Languages used at home in Iron Knob
Languages used at home, Iron Knob SA (ABS Census 2021)
Tagalog3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,388 bird observations recorded near Iron Knob — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Iron Knob

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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