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Pukatja SA 0872

183 addresses · 19 streets

Grey Electorate › Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara LGA › Pukatja · 1143 km from Adelaide

Living Here

Pukatja is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 519 people, with a median age of 27. The typical household earns around $1,240 a week, with median rent near $90 a week. Most homes are houses. About 4% of households own their home and 84% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

519Population
27Median age
$1,240Median household income / wk
$90Median rent / wk
4.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Pukatja (Ernabella) Airport, 4.5 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

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% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Pukatja

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

Tree cover measures, Pukatja SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20201.0%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20210.9%

Demographics

Unemployment 35.6% · Labour-force participation 42%

Population by age in Pukatja
Population by age, Pukatja SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-440
5-1491
15-1945
20-2456
25-3488
35-4477
45-5448
55-6436
65-7422
75-8413
85+0
Dwelling types in Pukatja
Dwelling types, Pukatja SA (ABS Census 2021)
House93
Townhouse3
Apartment0
Other4
Households by weekly income in Pukatja
Households by weekly income, Pukatja SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65014
$650-1,49929
$1,500-2,99921
$3,000+9
Top ancestries in Pukatja
Top ancestries, Pukatja SA (ABS Census 2021)
Aboriginal459
Ancestry NS28
Australian14
English12
Chinese5
German4
Housing tenure in Pukatja
Housing tenure, Pukatja SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned4
Mortgage0
Rented84
Other12
Cars per household in Pukatja
Cars per household, Pukatja SA (ABS Census 2021)
038
139
213
30
4+0
Commute to work in Pukatja
Commute to work, Pukatja SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car55
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked39
Bicycle0
Home0
Top countries of birth in Pukatja
Top countries of birth, Pukatja SA (ABS Census 2021)
England3
Philippines3
Languages used at home in Pukatja
Languages used at home, Pukatja SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous447
Filipino3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

172 bird observations recorded near Pukatja — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Pukatja

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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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.