Wolseley SA 5269
122 addresses · 28 streets
Barker Electorate › Tatiara LGA › Wolseley · 263 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Wolseley is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 207 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,166 a week, with median rent near $138 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Tatiara statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wolseley itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
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: 0.7% 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 | 0.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.5% · Labour-force participation 55.2%
Population by age in Wolseley
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 22 |
| 15-19 | 17 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 23 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 27 |
| 55-64 | 27 |
| 65-74 | 22 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wolseley
| House | 65 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wolseley
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 25 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Wolseley
| Australian | 91 |
|---|---|
| English | 85 |
| German | 24 |
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
| Irish | 18 |
| Scottish | 18 |
Housing tenure in Wolseley
| Owned | 30 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Wolseley
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 30 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Wolseley
| Car | 60 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 12 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Top countries of birth in Wolseley
| New Zealand | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
462 bird observations recorded near Wolseley — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (34)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (32)
- Galah (24)
- Willie Wagtail (24)
- Brown Falcon (23)
- Yellow Thornbill (23)
- House Sparrow (20)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (18)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (18)
- Australian Shelduck (16)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (16)
- Common Starling (15)
- Grey Teal (15)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wolseley
- Red-rumped Parrot (15)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (14)
- Black-shouldered Kite (13)
- Eastern Galah (13)
- Long-billed Corella (13)
- Red-capped Robin (12)
- Singing Honeyeater (12)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (12)
- European Goldfinch (11)
- Masked Lapwing (10)
- Crimson Rosella (9)
- Dusky Woodswallow (9)
- Welcome Swallow (9)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (8)
- Nankeen Kestrel (8)
- New Holland Honeyeater (8)
- Noisy Miner (8)
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 Wolseley:
- Pine Hill (8.1 km)
- Custon (10.1 km)
- Pooginagoric (10.4 km)
- Bordertown (13.7 km)
- Bordertown South (17 km)
- Mundulla (19.3 km)
- Bangham (22 km)
- Cannawigara (24.2 km)
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Streets
- Choopawhip Road (3)
- Colwill Road (2)
- Custon Road (11)
- Dukes Highway (5)
- East Terrace (2)
- Garden Street (8)
- Garnet Avenue (5)
- Garrard Road (3)
- Grice Street (7)
- Grosser Road (1)
- Hutchings Road (1)
- Liddell Road (1)
- Lionel Merrett Road (1)
- Lockhart Road (5)
- Matheson Road (2)
- Pier Point Road (2)
- Railway Terrace N (17)
- Railway Terrace S (4)
- Ramsay Street (1)
- Reschke Crossing Road (1)
- Ridgway Road (6)
- Swamp Road (1)
- Tatiara Road (11)
- Teatrick Road (4)
- Teatrick-custon Road (2)
- Third Street (12)
- West Terrace (2)
- Williams Road (2)
