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Smoky Bay SA 5680

264 addresses · 30 streets

Grey Electorate › Ceduna LGA › Smoky Bay · 516 km from Adelaide

Living Here

Smoky Bay is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 216 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,237 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

216Population
57Median age
$1,237Median household income / wk
$200Median rent / wk
2.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the West Coast (SA) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Smoky Bay itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Ceduna Airport, 35 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 6.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Smoky Bay

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

Tree cover measures, Smoky Bay SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20206.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202115.7%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 60%

Population by age in Smoky Bay
Population by age, Smoky Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-46
5-1415
15-199
20-244
25-3416
35-4430
45-5424
55-6456
65-7439
75-8411
85+8
Dwelling types in Smoky Bay
Dwelling types, Smoky Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
House87
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other3
Households by weekly income in Smoky Bay
Households by weekly income, Smoky Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65015
$650-1,49936
$1,500-2,99920
$3,000+4
Top ancestries in Smoky Bay
Top ancestries, Smoky Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian103
English90
Irish27
German26
Ancestry NS20
Scottish14
Housing tenure in Smoky Bay
Housing tenure, Smoky Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned44
Mortgage25
Rented19
Other9
Cars per household in Smoky Bay
Cars per household, Smoky Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
04
121
232
321
4+11
Commute to work in Smoky Bay
Commute to work, Smoky Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car73
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked7
Bicycle3
Home12
Top countries of birth in Smoky Bay
Top countries of birth, Smoky Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand5
England4
Languages used at home in Smoky Bay
Languages used at home, Smoky Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,173 bird observations recorded near Smoky Bay — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Smoky Bay

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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