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Jamestown SA 5491

1,316 addresses · 91 streets

Grey Electorate › Northern Areas LGA › Jamestown · 192 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Jamestown is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,549 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,214 a week, with median rent near $215 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

1,549Population
49Median age
$1,214Median household income / wk
$215Median rent / wk
2.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Port Pirie Airport, 57 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 1.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Jamestown

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

Tree cover measures, Jamestown SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20201.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20211.6%

Demographics

Unemployment 1.8% · Labour-force participation 59.2%

Population by age in Jamestown
Population by age, Jamestown SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-485
5-14176
15-1958
20-2485
25-34164
35-44144
45-54173
55-64246
65-74200
75-84146
85+77
Dwelling types in Jamestown
Dwelling types, Jamestown SA (ABS Census 2021)
House648
Townhouse18
Apartment0
Other4
Households by weekly income in Jamestown
Households by weekly income, Jamestown SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$650140
$650-1,499231
$1,500-2,999173
$3,000+67
Top ancestries in Jamestown
Top ancestries, Jamestown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian749
English724
Irish165
German144
Scottish138
Ancestry NS68
Housing tenure in Jamestown
Housing tenure, Jamestown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned303
Mortgage216
Rented129
Other15
Cars per household in Jamestown
Cars per household, Jamestown SA (ABS Census 2021)
039
1208
2259
392
4+56
Commute to work in Jamestown
Commute to work, Jamestown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car567
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked38
Bicycle4
Home49
Top countries of birth in Jamestown
Top countries of birth, Jamestown SA (ABS Census 2021)
England43
Zimbabwe6
South Africa4
Thailand4
Germany3
Greece3
Languages used at home in Jamestown
Languages used at home, Jamestown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Greek7
German5
Urdu5
Thai5
Sinhalese4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

574 bird observations recorded near Jamestown — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Jamestown

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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Image — Michael Coghlan from Adelaide, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).