Woolsheds SA 5400
19 addresses · 8 streets
Grey Electorate › Light LGA › Woolsheds · 49 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Woolsheds is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 27 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week, with median rent near $210 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Light statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Woolsheds itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 0.3% 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 | 0.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.1% · Labour-force participation 60.9%
Population by age in Woolsheds
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Woolsheds
| House | 10 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Woolsheds
| Australian | 14 |
|---|---|
| English | 10 |
| German | 6 |
| Irish | 4 |
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Woolsheds
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Woolsheds
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Woolsheds
| Car | 11 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Woolsheds
| England | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
225 bird observations recorded near Woolsheds — most often seen:
- House Sparrow (15)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (13)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (12)
- Common Starling (11)
- Little Raven (11)
- Nankeen Kestrel (11)
- Southern Magpie-lark (11)
- Eurasian Blackbird (9)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (9)
- Black-shouldered Kite (8)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (8)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (8)
- Eastern Asian Spotted Dove (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Woolsheds
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (7)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (7)
- Galah (7)
- Rock Dove (7)
- Western Red Wattlebird (7)
- Brown Falcon (6)
- Brown Songlark (6)
- Eastern Galah (6)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (6)
- Australian Magpie (5)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (5)
- Crested Pigeon (4)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (4)
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet (4)
- Red-rumped Parrot (4)
- South-eastern Little Wattlebird (4)
- Australian Peregrine Falcon (3)
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 Woolsheds:
- Fischer (2 km)
- Wasleys (4 km)
- Pinkerton Plains (6.6 km)
- Reeves Plains (6.7 km)
- Redbanks (6.8 km)
- Kangaroo Flat (7.8 km)
- Magdala (9.2 km)
- Templers (9.5 km)
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Streets
- Boundary Road (3)
- Buckby Road (1)
- Day Road (1)
- George Road (1)
- Oliver Road (2)
- Roberts Road (3)
- Selleck Road (4)
- Wasleys Road (4)
