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Sandalwood SA 5309

47 addresses · 20 streets

Barker Electorate › Karoonda East Murray LGA › Sandalwood · 142 km from Adelaide

Living Here

Sandalwood is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 62 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,062 a week, with median rent near $120 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

62Population
48Median age
$1,062Median household income / wk
$120Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Karoonda - Lameroo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sandalwood itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs8/10

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: 4.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Sandalwood

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

Tree cover measures, Sandalwood SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20204.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202113.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 69.1%

Population by age in Sandalwood
Population by age, Sandalwood SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-40
5-149
15-193
20-240
25-348
35-443
45-5415
55-646
65-7411
75-848
85+0
Dwelling types in Sandalwood
Dwelling types, Sandalwood SA (ABS Census 2021)
House23
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Sandalwood
Households by weekly income, Sandalwood SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$6503
$650-1,4990
$1,500-2,9990
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Sandalwood
Top ancestries, Sandalwood SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian27
English22
Ancestry NS13
German9
Dutch8
Irish5
Housing tenure in Sandalwood
Housing tenure, Sandalwood SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned4
Mortgage7
Rented0
Other3
Cars per household in Sandalwood
Cars per household, Sandalwood SA (ABS Census 2021)
00
10
23
36
4+3
Commute to work in Sandalwood
Commute to work, Sandalwood SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car20
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home15
Top countries of birth in Sandalwood
Top countries of birth, Sandalwood SA (ABS Census 2021)
Netherlands4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

113 bird observations recorded near Sandalwood — most often seen:

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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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