Tantanoola SA 5280
332 addresses · 64 streets
Barker Electorate › Wattle Range LGA › Tantanoola · 350 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Tantanoola is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 457 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,287 a week, with median rent near $160 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wattle Range statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tantanoola itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 childcare centre
Getting around. Airport: Millicent Airport, 15.2 km north-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 46% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 3.1% · Labour-force participation 58.4%
Population by age in Tantanoola
| 0-4 | 24 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 41 |
| 15-19 | 34 |
| 20-24 | 19 |
| 25-34 | 29 |
| 35-44 | 52 |
| 45-54 | 78 |
| 55-64 | 79 |
| 65-74 | 61 |
| 75-84 | 34 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Tantanoola
| House | 177 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tantanoola
| <$650 | 44 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 59 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 45 |
| $3,000+ | 16 |
Top ancestries in Tantanoola
| English | 197 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 196 |
| Scottish | 43 |
| Irish | 41 |
| Ancestry NS | 38 |
| German | 34 |
Housing tenure in Tantanoola
| Owned | 84 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 71 |
| Rented | 23 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Tantanoola
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 44 |
| 2 | 67 |
| 3 | 41 |
| 4+ | 25 |
Commute to work in Tantanoola
| Car | 156 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 27 |
Top countries of birth in Tantanoola
| England | 13 |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Philippines | 4 |
Languages used at home in Tantanoola
| Filipino | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
245 bird observations recorded near Tantanoola — most often seen:
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (25)
- Australian Magpie (17)
- Western Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (15)
- Galah (12)
- House Sparrow (12)
- Common Starling (11)
- Little Raven (10)
- Magpie-lark (10)
- Red Wattlebird (10)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (9)
- South-eastern Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (8)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (7)
- Masked Lapwing (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tantanoola
- New Holland Honeyeater (7)
- Crimson Rosella (6)
- Emu (6)
- Eurasian Blackbird (6)
- Long-billed Corella (6)
- Welcome Swallow (6)
- White-faced Heron (6)
- Australian Shelduck (5)
- Brown Falcon (5)
- European Goldfinch (5)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (5)
- Scarlet Robin (5)
- Spotted Harrier (5)
- Straw-necked Ibis (5)
- Superb Fairy-wren (5)
- Willie Wagtail (5)
- Banded Lapwing (4)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Tantanoola:
- German Flat (8 km)
- Glencoe (13.6 km)
- Rocky Camp (13.8 km)
- Millicent (14.3 km)
- Burrungule (15.5 km)
- German Creek (16.3 km)
- Canunda (17.3 km)
- Koorine (18 km)
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Streets
- Agricultural Bureau Drive (1)
- Alleynes Lane (1)
- Altschwager Road (3)
- Beaton Road (6)
- Benara Flat Road (1)
- Benara Hd Line Road (3)
- Boundary Road (3)
- Brooks Road (1)
- Burchard Road (6)
- Canunda Frontage Road (20)
- Carthew Road (1)
- Chant Road (8)
- Chant Street (6)
- Church Hill Road (1)
- Considine Road (1)
- East Terrace (9)
- Edgecumbe Street (2)
- Facey Lane (1)
- Facey Road (1)
- Fartch Road (2)
- Flannagans Flat Road (3)
- Glens Lane (11)
- Gowers Road (1)
- Green Lane (1)
- Gunns Road (1)
- Holloway Road (3)
- Jennings Road (3)
- Kennedy Road (12)
- Kiely Road (3)
- Kongorong-tantanoola Road (4)
- Lake Bonney Access Road (1)
- Lane Street (14)
- Langs Road (1)
- Marlex Drive (1)
- Mcpherson Road (1)
- Mcrostie Street (9)
- Mile Hill Road (1)
- Nitschke Road (4)
- North Terrace (11)
- Osborne Road (2)
- Overland Track (1)
- Peters Street (13)
- Poonada Road (11)
- Powers Road (1)
- Princes Highway (20)
- Railway Terrace E (13)
- Railway Terrace W (12)
- Randall Street (13)
- Red Road (1)
- Rivett Hill Road (1)
- Scarwood Road (1)
- Schutz Road (4)
- Seebohm Street (16)
- Serle Road (2)
- South Terrace (7)
- Stafford Road (1)
- Tantanoola Road (20)
- Telfers Road (4)
- Thiele Road (9)
- Vickerys Road (3)
- Whitefield Road (2)
- Whites Road (3)
- Whitty Road (3)
- Wilson Street (7)
