Iwantja SA 0872
147 addresses · 14 streets
Grey Electorate › Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara LGA › Iwantja · 1019 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Iwantja is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 338 people, with a median age of 26. The typical household earns around $1,287 a week, with median rent near $77 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 83% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the APY Lands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Iwantja itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 service station
Getting around. Airport: Granite Downs Airport, 29.6 km east.
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: 0.4% 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 | 0.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 24.7% · Labour-force participation 36.2%
Population by age in Iwantja
| 0-4 | 31 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 43 |
| 15-19 | 42 |
| 20-24 | 34 |
| 25-34 | 63 |
| 35-44 | 44 |
| 45-54 | 37 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Iwantja
| House | 61 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Iwantja
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 26 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Iwantja
| Aboriginal | 300 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 19 |
| Australian | 10 |
| English | 10 |
| Irish | 6 |
| German | 4 |
Housing tenure in Iwantja
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 53 |
| Other | 11 |
Cars per household in Iwantja
| 0 | 24 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 30 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Iwantja
| Car | 18 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 53 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Languages used at home in Iwantja
| Australian Indigenous | 291 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
99 bird observations recorded near Iwantja — most often seen:
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (11)
- Budgerigar (8)
- Bourke's Parrot (5)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (5)
- Spinifexbird (5)
- Inland Singing Honeyeater (4)
- Mistletoebird (4)
- Singing Honeyeater (4)
- Diamond Dove (3)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (3)
- Inland Yellow-throated Miner (3)
- Nankeen Kestrel (3)
- Red-capped Robin (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Iwantja
- Western Grasswren (3)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (3)
- Yellow-throated Miner (3)
- Zebra Finch (3)
- Australian Torresian Crow (2)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (2)
- Brown Falcon (2)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (2)
- Eastern Galah (2)
- Eastern Little Corella (2)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (2)
- Inland Purple-backed Fairy-wren (2)
- Inland Red-browed Pardalote (2)
- Mainland Australian Owlet-nightjar (2)
- Mulga Parrot (2)
- Northern Crested Bellbird (2)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (2)
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 Iwantja:
- Marla (48.4 km)
- De Rose Hill (50.9 km)
- Mimili (59.6 km)
- Welbourn Hill (67.3 km)
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Streets
- Access Road (1)
- Airstrip Road (3)
- Canyon Street (5)
- Church Street (22)
- Indulkana Boulevard (8)
- Iwantja Street (1)
- Kupi Street (27)
- Kupikupi Street (30)
- Maku Street (5)
- Mount Chandler Drive (9)
- Ngin Taka Street (8)
- Ngintaka Street (8)
- Ngiyari Street (15)
- Spring Drive (5)
