Winkie SA 5343
205 addresses · 22 streets
Barker Electorate › Berri Barmera LGA › Winkie · 189 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Winkie is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 336 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,807 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. 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 Barmera statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Winkie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 service station
1 golf club
2 mechanics
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Renmark Airport, 18 km north-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: 10.2% 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 | 10.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 43.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.1% · Labour-force participation 68.3%
Population by age in Winkie
| 0-4 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 35 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 16 |
| 25-34 | 33 |
| 35-44 | 26 |
| 45-54 | 49 |
| 55-64 | 66 |
| 65-74 | 70 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Winkie
| House | 134 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Winkie
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 32 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 48 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Winkie
| Australian | 169 |
|---|---|
| English | 142 |
| German | 45 |
| Scottish | 31 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Other | 19 |
Housing tenure in Winkie
| Owned | 47 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 56 |
| Rented | 21 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Winkie
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 57 |
| 3 | 33 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Winkie
| Car | 136 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 19 |
Top countries of birth in Winkie
| England | 13 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Winkie
| Spanish | 4 |
|---|---|
| Greek | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,212 bird observations recorded near Winkie — most often seen:
- Grey Teal (400)
- Australian Shelduck (273)
- Australian Pelican (269)
- Black Swan (248)
- Pacific Black Duck (240)
- Whistling Kite (227)
- Red-necked Avocet (184)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (177)
- Southern Magpie-lark (176)
- Australian Magpie (175)
- White-faced Heron (174)
- Australian Wood Duck (167)
- Superb Fairy-wren (165)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Winkie
- Australian Raven (162)
- Australasian Darter (158)
- Crimson Rosella (157)
- Yellow Rosella (156)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (155)
- Great Egret (148)
- Little Black Cormorant (143)
- Great Cormorant (141)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (136)
- Australasian Little Pied Cormorant (128)
- Masked Lapwing (126)
- Red-rumped Parrot (126)
- North-eastern Brown Treecreeper (125)
- Singing Honeyeater (125)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (122)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (117)
- Red Wattlebird (112)
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 Winkie:
- Glossop (3.7 km)
- Spectacle Lake (4.7 km)
- Berri (7.5 km)
- Monash (7.9 km)
- Bookpurnong (8.1 km)
- Barmera (8.3 km)
- Gerard (8.8 km)
- Loveday (9 km)
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Streets
- Bassham Road (1)
- Bill Hunt Road (21)
- Bullpit Road (6)
- Chapple Road (17)
- Dalziel Road (9)
- Davis Road (7)
- Eckerts Road (3)
- Gardners Lane (1)
- Garwood Lane (1)
- Gran Road (2)
- Katarapko Crescent (38)
- Lower Winkie Road (5)
- Mander Road (1)
- Migga Road (4)
- Plush Road (3)
- Puddletown Road (8)
- Raybould Road (1)
- Rumball Road (15)
- Spendiff Road (12)
- Von Bertouch Road (4)
- Wh Swinstead Road (5)
- Winkie Road (41)
