Wye SA 5291
60 addresses · 16 streets
Barker Electorate › Grant LGA › Wye · 398 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Wye is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 95 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,833 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 0% 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.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Grant statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wye 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: 6.4% 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 | 6.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 11.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.7% · Labour-force participation 72.3%
Population by age in Wye
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 17 |
| 65-74 | 14 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wye
| House | 31 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wye
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Wye
| English | 44 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 36 |
| German | 11 |
| Filipino | 10 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
| Scottish | 5 |
Housing tenure in Wye
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Wye
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 14 |
Commute to work in Wye
| Car | 43 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Wye
| Philippines | 10 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 4 |
| England | 3 |
Languages used at home in Wye
| Tagalog | 8 |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 5 |
| Filipino | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
13,198 bird observations recorded near Wye — most often seen:
- Black Swan (3,258)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (1,722)
- Australian Dusky Moorhen (490)
- Magpie Goose (455)
- Pacific Black Duck (449)
- Swamp Harrier (411)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (406)
- Australian Magpie (384)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (369)
- Blue-winged Parrot (347)
- South-eastern Golden-headed Cisticola (340)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (332)
- Australian Shelduck (322)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wye
- European Goldfinch (316)
- Silvereye (304)
- Southern Magpie-lark (286)
- White-fronted Chat (257)
- White-faced Heron (246)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (242)
- Grey Fantail (237)
- Masked Lapwing (224)
- Western Striated Fieldwren (223)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (210)
- Southern Forest Raven (210)
- Great Egret (204)
- Eastern Little Grassbird (203)
- Brolga (199)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (189)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (183)
- White-browed Scrubwren (180)
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 Wye:
- Donovans (7.2 km)
- Eight Mile Creek (7.7 km)
- Caveton (9.2 km)
- Caroline (10.5 km)
- Racecourse Bay (12.2 km)
- Allendale East (15.2 km)
- Yahl (15.3 km)
- Square Mile (16.5 km)
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Streets
- Aci Road (2)
- Cameron Road (3)
- Carba Road (2)
- Donovans Road (1)
- Eight Mile Creek Road (4)
- Feast Road (1)
- Feasts Firebreak Road (3)
- Glenelg River Road (13)
- Green Point Road (1)
- Hunts Road (5)
- James Lane (1)
- Paradise Road (3)
- Piccaninnie Ponds Road (1)
- Tillers Road (6)
- Warreanga Road (10)
- Wye Lane (4)
