Yalata SA 5690
114 addresses · 21 streets
Grey Electorate › Unincorporated SA LGA › Yalata · 737 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Yalata is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 313 people, with a median age of 28. The typical household earns around $1,142 a week, with median rent near $90 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 91% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
1 service station
Getting around. Airport: Yalata Mission Airport, 1.6 km north-west.
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: 9.6% 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 | 9.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 13.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 16.5% · Labour-force participation 32.6%
Population by age in Yalata
| 0-4 | 28 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 41 |
| 15-19 | 34 |
| 20-24 | 38 |
| 25-34 | 53 |
| 35-44 | 31 |
| 45-54 | 59 |
| 55-64 | 28 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Yalata
| House | 69 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Yalata
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 22 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Yalata
| Aboriginal | 261 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 39 |
| Australian | 11 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| English | 4 |
| German | 4 |
Housing tenure in Yalata
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 61 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Yalata
| 0 | 23 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Yalata
| Car | 29 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 26 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Languages used at home in Yalata
| Australian Indigenous | 240 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
250 bird observations recorded near Yalata — most often seen:
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (29)
- Eastern Australian Raven (14)
- Red Wattlebird (14)
- Brown Currawong (13)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (13)
- Western Red Wattlebird (12)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (11)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (10)
- Australian Raven (9)
- Rufous Treecreeper (9)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (9)
- Eastern Galah (8)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Yalata
- Australian Magpie (7)
- Dusky Woodswallow (7)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (7)
- Southern Magpie-lark (7)
- Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (6)
- Nankeen Kestrel (6)
- Grey Currawong (5)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (5)
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet (5)
- South-western Singing Honeyeater (5)
- Western Striated Pardalote (5)
- Willie Wagtail (5)
- Yellow-throated Miner (5)
- Australian Ringneck (4)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (4)
- Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (4)
- Inland Yellow-throated Miner (4)
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 Yalata:
- Coorabie (54.3 km)
- Fowlers Bay (75.7 km)
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Streets
- Airstrip Road (2)
- Baker Court (3)
- Bryant Street (10)
- Church Road (2)
- East Court (4)
- Edwards Court (2)
- Eyre Highway (3)
- Kali (boomerang) Road (6)
- Kyatah Road (14)
- Mallee Terrace (7)
- Malu Road (1)
- May Street (16)
- Old Oak Valley Road (3)
- Oval Road (1)
- Queama Crescent (3)
- Tullawon Square (2)
- Tullowan Square (2)
- Watu Street (17)
- West Court (4)
- Yalata Square (6)
- Young Street (6)
