Wunkar SA 5311
45 addresses · 11 streets
Barker Electorate › Loxton Waikerie LGA › Wunkar · 163 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Wunkar is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 51 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $175 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Loxton Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wunkar 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: 4.6% 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 | 4.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 7.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 12.5% · Labour-force participation 69.6%
Population by age in Wunkar
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 14 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wunkar
| House | 20 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wunkar
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Wunkar
| English | 22 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 18 |
| German | 18 |
| Scottish | 4 |
| Irish | 3 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
Housing tenure in Wunkar
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Wunkar
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Wunkar
| Car | 11 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Wunkar
| England | 8 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
72 bird observations recorded near Wunkar — most often seen:
- Southern Weebill (7)
- Yellow-throated Miner (7)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (6)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (5)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (4)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (3)
- Eastern Galah (3)
- Eastern Yellow-throated Miner (3)
- Jacky Winter (3)
- Mallee Ringneck (3)
- Brown Songlark (2)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (2)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wunkar
- Little Raven (2)
- Nankeen Kestrel (2)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (2)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (2)
- Western Striated Pardalote (2)
- Black-capped Sittella (1)
- Cockatiel (1)
- Common Bronzewing (1)
- Common Starling (1)
- Eastern Australian Raven (1)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (1)
- Eastern Regent Parrot (1)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (1)
- Eastern White-winged Chough (1)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (1)
- Hooded Robin (1)
- House Sparrow (1)
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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Streets
- Curtis Road (2)
- Gibbs Road (5)
- Golding Road (2)
- Heinrich Road (11)
- James Street (1)
- Norman Street (2)
- Railway Terrace (7)
- Reimann Road (1)
- Snodgrass Road (4)
- Stott Highway (9)
- West Boundary Road (1)