Ironstone SA 5222
10 addresses · 3 streets
Mayo Electorate › Kangaroo Island LGA › Ironstone · 106 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Ironstone is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 20 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,499 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Scottish, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kangaroo Island statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ironstone itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
1 hardware store
2 places to stay
Getting around. Ferry wharf: Sealink Terminal Penneshaw, 5 km north-west · Airport: Kingscote Airport, 42.1 km west.
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: 16.7% 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 | 16.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 16.6% |
Demographics
Population by age in Ironstone
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ironstone
| House | 11 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Ironstone
| English | 11 |
|---|---|
| Scottish | 5 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
| Australian | 0 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Ironstone
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Ironstone
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Ironstone
| Car | 7 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,160 bird observations recorded near Ironstone — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (397)
- Bush Stone-curlew (169)
- Kangaroo Island Superb Fairy-wren (107)
- Superb Fairy-wren (101)
- Kangaroo Island Grey Currawong (86)
- Australian Little Penguin (76)
- Silver Gull (70)
- Common Starling (67)
- Little Raven (66)
- Kangaroo Island Spotted Scrubwren (65)
- Kangaroo Island New Holland Honeyeater (61)
- Black-faced Cormorant (60)
- Crested Tern (60)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ironstone
- Silvereye (54)
- House Sparrow (53)
- New Holland Honeyeater (53)
- Kangaroo Island Brown Thornbill (50)
- Little Penguin (50)
- South Australian Silvereye (50)
- Grey Currawong (48)
- Pied Cormorant (46)
- Red Wattlebird (45)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (43)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (43)
- Welcome Swallow (43)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (42)
- Pacific Gull (41)
- Kangaroo Island Red Wattlebird (40)
- Galah (38)
- Giinbaywarraymal (36)
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 Ironstone:
- Cuttlefish Bay (3.6 km)
- Dudley East (4.4 km)
- Penneshaw (4.6 km)
- Kangaroo Head (6.9 km)
- Antechamber Bay (8.6 km)
- American Beach (9.9 km)
- Porky Flat (11.1 km)
- Baudin Beach (11.2 km)
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Streets
- Binneys Track (1)
- Cape Willoughby Road (7)
- Hungerford Road (2)