Willyaroo SA 5255
148 addresses · 17 streets
Mayo Electorate › Alexandrina LGA › Willyaroo · 48 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Willyaroo is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 376 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,390 a week, with median rent near $375 a week. Most homes are houses. About 98% of households own their home and 2% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Strathalbyn statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Willyaroo itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
1 hospital
1 library
1 service station
2 gyms & sports centres
2 bakeries
1 butcher
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Adelaide Airport, 51 km north-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.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 9.7% 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 | 9.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 17.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 58.8%
Population by age in Willyaroo
| 0-4 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 45 |
| 15-19 | 36 |
| 20-24 | 15 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 38 |
| 45-54 | 58 |
| 55-64 | 51 |
| 65-74 | 67 |
| 75-84 | 23 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Willyaroo
| House | 125 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Willyaroo
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 45 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 34 |
| $3,000+ | 23 |
Top ancestries in Willyaroo
| English | 168 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 158 |
| Scottish | 48 |
| German | 44 |
| Irish | 35 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
Housing tenure in Willyaroo
| Owned | 59 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 64 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Willyaroo
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 47 |
| 3 | 33 |
| 4+ | 22 |
Commute to work in Willyaroo
| Car | 125 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 23 |
Top countries of birth in Willyaroo
| England | 30 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Scotland | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,756 bird observations recorded near Willyaroo — most often seen:
- Australian Wood Duck (191)
- House Sparrow (187)
- Rock Dove (178)
- Galah (174)
- Little Raven (159)
- Willie Wagtail (159)
- Pacific Black Duck (158)
- Common Starling (157)
- Magpie-lark (157)
- Australian Magpie (145)
- Dusky Moorhen (145)
- New Holland Honeyeater (143)
- Crested Pigeon (142)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Willyaroo
- Little Corella (138)
- Red Wattlebird (138)
- Eurasian Blackbird (128)
- Crimson Rosella (120)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (117)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (110)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (106)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (94)
- Silver Gull (89)
- Welcome Swallow (88)
- Red-rumped Parrot (85)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (82)
- Superb Fairy-wren (78)
- Eastern Little Corella (75)
- Southern Magpie-lark (72)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (71)
- Masked Lapwing (70)
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 Willyaroo:
- Strathalbyn (3 km)
- Belvidere (3.9 km)
- Bletchley (6.5 km)
- Sandergrove (6.8 km)
- Angas Plains (8.8 km)
- Woodchester (9.1 km)
- Nurragi (9.3 km)
- Gemmells (11.4 km)
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Streets
- Blacker Road (4)
- Collett Road (3)
- Donnithorne Road (11)
- Hamburg Road (6)
- Huntingdale Road (3)
- Jacob Road (9)
- Johnston Road (3)
- Lines Road (24)
- Lockaba Drive (22)
- Neales Road (4)
- Nine Mile Road (18)
- Richardson Road (12)
- Riverside Road (1)
- Roper Road (11)
- Stark Court (4)
- Williamson Road (1)
- Willyaroo Road (12)
