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Owen SA 5460

332 addresses · 51 streets

Grey Electorate › Wakefield LGA › Owen · 74 km from Adelaide

Living Here

Owen is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 509 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,086 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

509Population
42Median age
$1,086Median household income / wk
$220Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Wakefield - Barunga West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Owen itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 0.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Owen

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

Tree cover measures, Owen SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20200.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20210.6%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.1% · Labour-force participation 55.6%

Population by age in Owen
Population by age, Owen SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-424
5-1472
15-1941
20-2424
25-3451
35-4456
45-5470
55-6466
65-7468
75-8439
85+3
Dwelling types in Owen
Dwelling types, Owen SA (ABS Census 2021)
House198
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Owen
Households by weekly income, Owen SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65038
$650-1,49972
$1,500-2,99954
$3,000+12
Top ancestries in Owen
Top ancestries, Owen SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian246
English243
Irish61
German50
Scottish35
Ancestry NS23
Housing tenure in Owen
Housing tenure, Owen SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned69
Mortgage90
Rented28
Other12
Cars per household in Owen
Cars per household, Owen SA (ABS Census 2021)
04
157
278
337
4+22
Commute to work in Owen
Commute to work, Owen SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car144
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked14
Bicycle0
Home27
Top countries of birth in Owen
Top countries of birth, Owen SA (ABS Census 2021)
England20
Netherlands4
Germany3
New Zealand3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,111 bird observations recorded near Owen — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Owen

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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