Parawa SA 5203
77 addresses · 11 streets
Mayo Electorate › Yankalilla LGA › Parawa · 74 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Parawa is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 91 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $1,281 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 62% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Yankalilla statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Parawa itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 19.7% 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 | 19.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 22.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.2% · Labour-force participation 58.4%
Population by age in Parawa
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 21 |
| 65-74 | 17 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Parawa
| House | 38 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Parawa
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Parawa
| English | 38 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 29 |
| Ancestry NS | 20 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| Other | 5 |
| German | 3 |
Housing tenure in Parawa
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Parawa
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Parawa
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Parawa
| Canada | 4 |
|---|---|
| England | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,565 bird observations recorded near Parawa — most often seen:
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (174)
- Little Raven (159)
- Grey Fantail (126)
- Crimson Rosella (121)
- South Australian Crescent Honeyeater (108)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (98)
- Superb Fairy-wren (95)
- South Australian Striated Thornbill (94)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (94)
- Australian Magpie (92)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (91)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (90)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (89)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Parawa
- Mount Lofty Ranges White-throated Treecreeper (87)
- Black-winged Currawong (80)
- White-browed Scrubwren (79)
- European Goldfinch (76)
- Southern Red-browed Finch (76)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (73)
- Eastern Scarlet Robin (69)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (67)
- Eurasian Blackbird (67)
- Mount Lofty Ranges White-browed Scrubwren (62)
- Tawny Frogmouth (61)
- Mount Lofty Ranges Brown Thornbill (60)
- Mount Lofty Ranges Yellow-faced Honeyeater (58)
- Eastern Galah (57)
- Galah (55)
- European Common Blackbird (54)
- New Holland Honeyeater (53)
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 Parawa:
- Tunkalilla (5.6 km)
- Hay Flat (6.3 km)
- Torrens Vale (6.5 km)
- Willow Creek (7.6 km)
- Bald Hills (9.8 km)
- Wirrina Cove (10.5 km)
- Second Valley (11.6 km)
- Yankalilla (11.6 km)
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Streets
- Bollaparudda Road (8)
- Hay Flat Road (1)
- Illawong Road (2)
- Mount Hayfield Road (4)
- Parawa Road (6)
- Range Road (29)
- Springs Road (10)
- Stone Road (1)
- Tapanappa Road (3)
- Tunk Head Road (8)
- Tunkalilla Road (5)
