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Skye SA 5072

150 addresses · 12 streets

Sturt Electorate › Burnside LGA › Skye · 8 km from Adelaide

Living Here

Skye is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 293 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $2,594 a week, with median rent near $455 a week. Most homes are houses. About 97% of households own their home and 3% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

293Population
50Median age
$2,594Median household income / wk
$455Median rent / wk
2.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Burnside - Wattle Park statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Skye itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Adelaide, 8.7 km west · Bus interchange: Klemzig Interchange, 6.5 km north-west · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 14.7 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources10/10
Education & jobs10/10

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: 52.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Skye

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

Tree cover measures, Skye SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202052.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202189.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.6% · Labour-force participation 60%

Population by age in Skye
Population by age, Skye SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-49
5-1429
15-1921
20-2422
25-3415
35-4429
45-5442
55-6453
65-7438
75-8432
85+4
Dwelling types in Skye
Dwelling types, Skye SA (ABS Census 2021)
House107
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Skye
Households by weekly income, Skye SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65010
$650-1,4998
$1,500-2,99927
$3,000+48
Top ancestries in Skye
Top ancestries, Skye SA (ABS Census 2021)
English93
Australian86
Italian49
Other34
Greek19
Scottish19
Housing tenure in Skye
Housing tenure, Skye SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned62
Mortgage37
Rented3
Other0
Cars per household in Skye
Cars per household, Skye SA (ABS Census 2021)
03
121
245
323
4+11
Commute to work in Skye
Commute to work, Skye SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car101
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home20
Top countries of birth in Skye
Top countries of birth, Skye SA (ABS Census 2021)
Italy11
China10
England9
Indonesia5
United States5
India4
Languages used at home in Skye
Languages used at home, Skye SA (ABS Census 2021)
Italian18
Cantonese5
Greek5
Spanish5
Mandarin4
Indonesian3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

30,450 bird observations recorded near Skye — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Skye

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.