Tulka SA 5607
108 addresses · 10 streets
Grey Electorate › Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA › Tulka · 257 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Tulka is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 126 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,343 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Eyre Peninsula statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tulka itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Port Lincoln Airport, 22 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
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: 29.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 29.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 89.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 59.3%
Population by age in Tulka
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 16 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 25 |
| 55-64 | 36 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Tulka
| House | 46 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tulka
| <$650 | 23 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Tulka
| English | 46 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 43 |
| Irish | 23 |
| Scottish | 12 |
| Ancestry NS | 11 |
| Italian | 8 |
Housing tenure in Tulka
| Owned | 23 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 16 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Tulka
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Tulka
| Car | 46 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Tulka
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,406 bird observations recorded near Tulka — most often seen:
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (182)
- South Australian Silvereye (144)
- Southern Scrub-robin (139)
- Western Red Wattlebird (139)
- New Holland Honeyeater (130)
- Nullarbor Coast Spotted Scrubwren (130)
- Red Wattlebird (115)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (114)
- Silvereye (88)
- Superb Fairy-wren (85)
- Eastern Osprey (76)
- Brown Currawong (75)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (75)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tulka
- Diamond Firetail (73)
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (66)
- Emu (65)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (61)
- White-faced Heron (56)
- Australian Pelican (54)
- Dusky Woodswallow (54)
- Giinbaywarraymal (53)
- Eastern Galah (52)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (51)
- Grey Currawong (50)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (49)
- Eurasian Blackbird (49)
- Black Swan (47)
- Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (45)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (45)
- Pied Cormorant (44)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Tulka:
- Duck Ponds (8 km)
- Port Lincoln (9.4 km)
- Sleaford (11.6 km)
- Hawson (11.8 km)
- Boston (12.6 km)
- Uley (13.2 km)
- Tootenilla (15 km)
- Tiatukia (15.2 km)
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Streets
- Esplanade (24)
- Fishermans Well Crescent (5)
- Investigator Road (3)
- Kingfisher Road (7)
- Proper Bay Road (14)
- Sheoak Road (23)
- Short Street (1)
- Tulka Esplanade (26)
- Wallis Road (1)
- Wattle Drive (4)
