New Town SA 5554

Living Here

New Town is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,291 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,221 a week, with median rent near $242 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. 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 Kadina statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: New Town itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Kadina Memorial School
  • Harvest Christian College
• 2 cafés & restaurants

  • Bellagio Family Restaurant
  • Curries on Taylor
• 2 supermarkets

  • Aldi
  • Woolworths
• 3 parks

  • Newtown Playground
  • Thomas Park
  • Victoria Square
• 1 Catholic church

  • Star Of The Sea
• 1 pharmacy

  • Priceline Pharmacy
• 1 medical clinic

  • Kadina Doctor's Surgary
• 1 dentist

  • Signature Orthodontics
• 1 hospital

  • Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)
• 1 library

  • Kadina Library
• 1 post office

  • Kadina Post Office
• 4 service stations

  • BP
  • Ampol
  • EG Australia
  • Caltex
• 2 golf clubs

  • Kadina Golf Course
  • Wallaroo Golf Course
• 1 dog park

  • Doswell Terrace Dog Park
• 3 butchers

  • Yorke Vally Meats
  • Copper Coast Meats
  • May's Meats
• 1 hardware store

  • Mitre 10
• 3 hairdressers

  • Short Cuts Hair & Beauty
  • Zachery's Barber
  • Michelle's Hair & Beauty Cafe
• 3 mechanics

  • Copper Coast Auto Electrical
  • Cowie Motobikes
  • Goodyear
• 3 places to stay

  • Kadina Village Motel
  • Kadina Caravan Park
  • Kadina Gateway Motor Inn

Getting around. Ferry wharf: Wallaroo, 7.7 km north-west.

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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: 2.9% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 57.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,116 bird observations recorded near New Town — most often seen:

• New Holland Honeyeater (341)
• Red Wattlebird (329)
• Common Starling (313)
• Spotted Turtle-dove (313)
• House Sparrow (295)
• Eurasian Blackbird (242)
• Magpie-lark (237)
• Crested Pigeon (212)
• Rock Dove (184)
• Welcome Swallow (145)
• Little Raven (139)
• Eastern Barn Owl (127)
• Willie Wagtail (124)

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 New Town:

• Wallaroo Mines (0.9 km)
• Kadina (1.8 km)
• Jericho (1.9 km)
• Matta Flat (2.1 km)
• Jerusalem (2.7 km)
• Wallaroo (6.6 km)
• North Beach (9.2 km)
• Boors Plain (9.3 km)

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