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Tumby Bay SA 5605

1,569 addresses · 92 streets

Grey Electorate › Tumby Bay LGA › Tumby Bay · 237 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Tumby Bay is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,781 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,058 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

1,781Population
57Median age
$1,058Median household income / wk
$220Median rent / wk
2.0Avg household

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: Tumby Bay itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Port Lincoln Airport, 32 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 1.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Tumby Bay

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

Tree cover measures, Tumby Bay SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20201.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20214.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 47.5%

Population by age in Tumby Bay
Population by age, Tumby Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-491
5-14163
15-1973
20-2446
25-34124
35-44157
45-54187
55-64256
65-74342
75-84239
85+108
Dwelling types in Tumby Bay
Dwelling types, Tumby Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
House675
Townhouse58
Apartment49
Other16
Households by weekly income in Tumby Bay
Households by weekly income, Tumby Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$650213
$650-1,499274
$1,500-2,999200
$3,000+62
Top ancestries in Tumby Bay
Top ancestries, Tumby Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
English814
Australian786
Scottish205
German156
Irish153
Ancestry NS120
Housing tenure in Tumby Bay
Housing tenure, Tumby Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned406
Mortgage178
Rented176
Other18
Cars per household in Tumby Bay
Cars per household, Tumby Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
045
1292
2306
3103
4+48
Commute to work in Tumby Bay
Commute to work, Tumby Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car497
Train0
Bus4
Tram/ferry0
Walked35
Bicycle3
Home62
Top countries of birth in Tumby Bay
Top countries of birth, Tumby Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
England54
Netherlands7
Germany6
New Zealand6
Scotland5
Italy3
Languages used at home in Tumby Bay
Languages used at home, Tumby Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
Italian7
German4
Thai3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,360 bird observations recorded near Tumby Bay — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Tumby 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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