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Wool Bay SA 5575

235 addresses · 21 streets

Grey Electorate › Yorke Peninsula LGA › Wool Bay · 78 km from Adelaide

Living Here

Wool Bay is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 154 people, with a median age of 62. The typical household earns around $700 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

154Population
62Median age
$700Median household income / wk
$200Median rent / wk
1.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Yorke Peninsula - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wool Bay itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Yorketown Airport, 12.2 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 2.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Wool Bay

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Wool Bay SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20202.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20211.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 18.2% · Labour-force participation 32.8%

Population by age in Wool Bay
Population by age, Wool Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-412
5-148
15-190
20-240
25-347
35-448
45-5410
55-6440
65-7431
75-8426
85+3
Dwelling types in Wool Bay
Dwelling types, Wool Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
House64
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Wool Bay
Households by weekly income, Wool Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65026
$650-1,49921
$1,500-2,9994
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Wool Bay
Top ancestries, Wool Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
English62
Australian56
German22
Scottish18
Irish11
Ancestry NS10
Housing tenure in Wool Bay
Housing tenure, Wool Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned49
Mortgage10
Rented6
Other0
Cars per household in Wool Bay
Cars per household, Wool Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
00
123
222
38
4+3
Commute to work in Wool Bay
Commute to work, Wool Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car16
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home9
Top countries of birth in Wool Bay
Top countries of birth, Wool Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
England11
Croatia4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

188 bird observations recorded near Wool Bay — most often seen:

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Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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