Oodnadatta SA 5734
26 addresses · 7 streets
Grey Electorate › Unincorporated SA LGA › Oodnadatta · 874 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Oodnadatta is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 102 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $668 a week, with median rent near $73 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 100% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, English. 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 Outback statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Oodnadatta itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 hospital
1 service station
Getting around. Airport: Oodnadatta Airport, 1.6 km south.
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: 0.3% 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 | 0.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.7% · Labour-force participation 43.8%
Population by age in Oodnadatta
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 14 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Oodnadatta
| House | 21 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 6 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Oodnadatta
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Oodnadatta
| Aboriginal | 70 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
| English | 12 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Housing tenure in Oodnadatta
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 30 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Oodnadatta
| 0 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Oodnadatta
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 11 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Languages used at home in Oodnadatta
| Australian Indigenous | 15 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
512 bird observations recorded near Oodnadatta — most often seen:
- House Sparrow (50)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (35)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (29)
- Black Kite (27)
- Galah (26)
- Australian Raven (24)
- Black-faced Woodswallow (21)
- Magpie-lark (21)
- Zebra Finch (20)
- Willie Wagtail (18)
- Little Crow (17)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (17)
- Nankeen Kestrel (15)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Oodnadatta
- Crested Pigeon (14)
- Kimberley White-plumed Honeyeater (14)
- Mainland White-winged Fairy-wren (14)
- Welcome Swallow (13)
- Budgerigar (12)
- Eastern Galah (12)
- Mulga Parrot (12)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (12)
- Eastern Little Corella (11)
- Southern Magpie-lark (11)
- Whistling Kite (11)
- Diamond Dove (10)
- Eastern Australian Raven (10)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (9)
- Bourke's Parrot (9)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (9)
- Fairy Martin (9)
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 Oodnadatta:
- Allandale Station (21.3 km)
- Macumba (38.3 km)
- Todmorden (62.8 km)
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Streets
- Ikartuka Terrace (14)
- Ikaturka Terrace (1)
- Kulkara Terrace (4)
- Kutaya Terrace (2)
- Oribee Avenue (3)
- Second Street (1)
- Upara Street (1)
