Whyalla Jenkins SA 5609
1,022 addresses · 40 streets
Grey Electorate › Whyalla LGA › Whyalla Jenkins · 234 km from Adelaide
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Living Here
Whyalla Jenkins is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,961 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $1,970 a week, with median rent near $265 a week. Most homes are houses. About 58% of households own their home and 41% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Whyalla statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Whyalla Jenkins itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
5 supermarkets
1 pharmacy
4 doctors & medical clinics
1 hospital
1 library
3 service stations
2 gyms & sports centres
1 golf club
2 playgrounds
3 hardware stores
2 hairdressers
Getting around. Airport: Whyalla Airport, 3.7 km south.
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: 0.5% 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 | 0.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.7% · Labour-force participation 72%
Population by age in Whyalla Jenkins
| 0-4 | 154 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 292 |
| 15-19 | 116 |
| 20-24 | 128 |
| 25-34 | 325 |
| 35-44 | 278 |
| 45-54 | 266 |
| 55-64 | 171 |
| 65-74 | 114 |
| 75-84 | 92 |
| 85+ | 19 |
Dwelling types in Whyalla Jenkins
| House | 688 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 27 |
| Apartment | 34 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Whyalla Jenkins
| <$650 | 93 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 168 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 247 |
| $3,000+ | 188 |
Top ancestries in Whyalla Jenkins
| English | 815 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 811 |
| Scottish | 258 |
| Irish | 150 |
| Other | 132 |
| German | 105 |
Housing tenure in Whyalla Jenkins
| Owned | 146 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 288 |
| Rented | 310 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Whyalla Jenkins
| 0 | 26 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 249 |
| 2 | 306 |
| 3 | 100 |
| 4+ | 63 |
Commute to work in Whyalla Jenkins
| Car | 800 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 32 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 27 |
Top countries of birth in Whyalla Jenkins
| England | 110 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 79 |
| India | 31 |
| Philippines | 28 |
| South Africa | 24 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 |
Languages used at home in Whyalla Jenkins
| Punjabi | 15 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 13 |
| Afrikaans | 11 |
| Filipino | 11 |
| Australian Indigenous | 10 |
| Tagalog | 10 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,005 bird observations recorded near Whyalla Jenkins — most often seen:
- Grey Teal (393)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (359)
- Silver Gull (344)
- Chestnut Teal (326)
- Red Wattlebird (308)
- Crested Pigeon (296)
- Eurasian Coot (292)
- Welcome Swallow (291)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (290)
- Black-tailed Native-hen (283)
- Singing Honeyeater (276)
- Common Starling (247)
- Pacific Black Duck (243)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Whyalla Jenkins
- Magpie-lark (239)
- Masked Lapwing (239)
- Galah (230)
- Little Black Cormorant (199)
- White-faced Heron (196)
- New Holland Honeyeater (195)
- Red-kneed Dotterel (187)
- Nankeen Kestrel (185)
- Australian Magpie (179)
- Black Swan (179)
- Little Pied Cormorant (164)
- House Sparrow (156)
- Australian Raven (152)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (140)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (139)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (139)
- Red-necked Avocet (139)
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 Whyalla Jenkins:
- Whyalla Stuart (1.1 km)
- Whyalla Norrie (2.6 km)
- Whyalla Playford (4.5 km)
- Mullaquana (4.6 km)
- Whyalla Barson (5.7 km)
- Whyalla (6 km)
- False Bay (19 km)
- Middleback Range (20.9 km)
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Streets
- Barratt Crescent (16)
- Bohlin Street (16)
- Bradshaw Street (20)
- Busch Street (16)
- Cartledge Avenue (18)
- Coolibah Court (18)
- Custance Avenue (66)
- Drovers Way (15)
- Fairclough Crescent (25)
- Fitzgerald Avenue (20)
- Gale Street (22)
- Hannemann Drive (45)
- Harrison Close (14)
- Haskell Drive (22)
- Holds Court (27)
- Homestead Court (20)
- Jackaroo Court (11)
- Jenkins Avenue (42)
- Jensen Avenue (50)
- Jensen Street (50)
- Jerram Close (18)
- Johnston Place (4)
- Jordan Close (8)
- Lambert Court (11)
- Mcinness Street (33)
- Middleback Drive (31)
- Nicolson Avenue (29)
- Parfitt Street (54)
- Pollock Street (18)
- Rehn Road (15)
- Reine Crescent (13)
- Risby Avenue (73)
- Robinson Street (68)
- Rohrlach Street (19)
- Starke Circle (33)
- Stockman Court (7)
- Swagman Court (7)
- Tummel Circle (18)
- Warnes Avenue (20)
- Whitehouse Court (10)
