Wangary SA 5607
215 addresses · 33 streets
Grey Electorate › Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA › Wangary · 288 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Wangary is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 203 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,028 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged 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: Wangary itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Port Lincoln Airport, 36.7 km east.
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: 13.4% 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 | 13.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 19.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.6% · Labour-force participation 57.6%
Population by age in Wangary
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 16 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 18 |
| 35-44 | 26 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 54 |
| 65-74 | 31 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wangary
| House | 92 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wangary
| <$650 | 27 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 42 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 20 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Wangary
| Australian | 92 |
|---|---|
| English | 92 |
| German | 20 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 16 |
| Scottish | 11 |
Housing tenure in Wangary
| Owned | 37 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 33 |
| Rented | 16 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Wangary
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 30 |
| 2 | 34 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Wangary
| Car | 68 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Wangary
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 6 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
828 bird observations recorded near Wangary — most often seen:
- Masked Lapwing (61)
- Common Sandpiper (49)
- White-faced Heron (47)
- West Coast Pacific Gull (46)
- Red-capped Plover (44)
- Common Greenshank (39)
- Chestnut Teal (36)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (35)
- Pacific Gull (35)
- Red-necked Stint (32)
- Southern Sooty Oystercatcher (32)
- Singing Honeyeater (30)
- Giinbaywarraymal (27)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wangary
- Sooty Oystercatcher (27)
- Australian Ringneck (23)
- Common Bronzewing (22)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (20)
- Australian Shelduck (19)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (19)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (19)
- Silver Gull (19)
- Western Red Wattlebird (19)
- Australian Pelican (18)
- Red Wattlebird (17)
- Eastern Galah (16)
- Galah (16)
- Grey Currawong (16)
- New Holland Honeyeater (16)
- Grey Teal (15)
- Australian Magpie (14)
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 Wangary:
- Mount Dutton Bay (5.4 km)
- Kellidie Bay (5.5 km)
- Coffin Bay (8.1 km)
- Little Douglas (9.2 km)
- Farm Beach (9.9 km)
- Fountain (15.3 km)
- Coulta (17.5 km)
- Wanilla (18.6 km)
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Streets
- Airport Lane (3)
- Broccabruna Drive (1)
- Coffin Bay Road (2)
- Duck Lake Road (5)
- Eighth Street (8)
- Farm Beach Road (12)
- First Street (13)
- Flinders Highway (16)
- Fourth Street (2)
- Gerschwitz Road (4)
- High Street (14)
- Katies Lane (10)
- Kewell Road (10)
- Main Street (5)
- Mcfayden Street (3)
- Minniribbie Road (6)
- Morgan Lane (10)
- Myers Street (4)
- Pinta Track (1)
- Puckridge Road (2)
- Second Street (12)
- Settlers Road (1)
- Snapper Hill Road (3)
- South Terrace (1)
- Spur Road (3)
- Taylor Road (23)
- Third Street (11)
- Tom Bott Lane (3)
- Turtle Lane (1)
- Warner Street (9)
- Warunda Road (2)
- Weashir Street (12)
- Yorkies Gully Road (3)
