Wayville SA 5034
1,348 addresses · 24 streets
Adelaide Electorate › Unley LGA › Wayville · 2 km from Adelaide
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Living Here
Wayville is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,922 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $2,035 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 52% of households own their home and 46% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $1,430,000.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Goodwood - Millswood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wayville itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
55 parks
4 plumbers
Getting around. Train station: Adelaide Showground, 850 m west · Tram stop: Wayville (Stop 2), 350 m south-east · Bus interchange: Klemzig Interchange, 7.7 km north-east · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 5.5 km west.
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.
Median Sale Prices
Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Metropolitan Median House Sales, Valuer-General South Australia.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 14.1% 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 | 14.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 11.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.6% · Labour-force participation 67.8%
Population by age in Wayville
| 0-4 | 92 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 167 |
| 15-19 | 92 |
| 20-24 | 149 |
| 25-34 | 354 |
| 35-44 | 282 |
| 45-54 | 215 |
| 55-64 | 224 |
| 65-74 | 158 |
| 75-84 | 101 |
| 85+ | 87 |
Dwelling types in Wayville
| House | 288 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 76 |
| Apartment | 374 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wayville
| <$650 | 64 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 176 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 241 |
| $3,000+ | 214 |
Top ancestries in Wayville
| English | 685 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 563 |
| Other | 255 |
| Irish | 198 |
| Scottish | 187 |
| German | 143 |
Housing tenure in Wayville
| Owned | 211 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 175 |
| Rented | 337 |
| Other | 17 |
Cars per household in Wayville
| 0 | 64 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 337 |
| 2 | 255 |
| 3 | 54 |
| 4+ | 27 |
Commute to work in Wayville
| Car | 521 |
|---|---|
| Train | 9 |
| Bus | 41 |
| Tram/ferry | 66 |
| Walked | 64 |
| Bicycle | 39 |
| Home | 162 |
Top countries of birth in Wayville
| England | 87 |
|---|---|
| India | 60 |
| China | 44 |
| Philippines | 25 |
| New Zealand | 21 |
| Greece | 18 |
Languages used at home in Wayville
| Mandarin | 63 |
|---|---|
| Greek | 45 |
| Hindi | 35 |
| Spanish | 32 |
| Italian | 18 |
| Nepali | 16 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
118,495 bird observations recorded near Wayville — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (8,779)
- Australian Magpie (8,019)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (6,860)
- Australian Wood Duck (5,985)
- Rock Dove (5,614)
- Galah (5,251)
- Magpie-lark (5,214)
- Little Raven (4,179)
- Dusky Moorhen (3,892)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (3,886)
- Pacific Black Duck (3,723)
- Southern Magpie-lark (3,723)
- Crested Pigeon (3,696)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wayville
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (3,638)
- Eastern Rosella (3,636)
- Australian White Ibis (3,570)
- Welcome Swallow (3,119)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (3,115)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (3,095)
- Eurasian Coot (3,065)
- Masked Lapwing (2,870)
- Musk Lorikeet (2,811)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (2,751)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (2,745)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (2,677)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (2,570)
- Australasian Grebe (2,538)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2,516)
- Crimson Rosella (2,508)
- Giinbaywarraymal (2,450)
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 Wayville:
- Goodwood (0.7 km)
- Forestville (1.3 km)
- Unley (1.3 km)
- Millswood (1.4 km)
- Keswick Terminal (1.4 km)
- Keswick (1.5 km)
- Hyde Park (1.6 km)
- Ashford (1.7 km)
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Streets
- Almond Street (1)
- Bartley Crescent (13)
- Bendall Avenue (3)
- Clark Street (38)
- Cooke Terrace (1)
- Cotham Street (1)
- Davenport Lane (3)
- Davenport Terrace (131)
- Goodwood Road (62)
- Greenhill Road (268)
- Hamilton Boulevard (1)
- Joslin Street (64)
- King William Road (29)
- Le Hunte Street (93)
- Leader Street (7)
- Moresby Street (12)
- Parsons Street (33)
- Rhyl Avenue (18)
- Rose Lane (4)
- Rose Terrace (285)
- Short Street (34)
- Simpson Parade (20)
- Trevelyan Street (81)
- Young Street (146)