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Yorketown SA 5576

772 addresses · 75 streets

Grey Electorate › Yorke Peninsula LGA › Yorketown · 91 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Yorketown is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 997 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $949 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

997Population
53Median age
$949Median household income / wk
$200Median rent / wk
2.1Avg 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: Yorketown itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Yorketown Airport, 1.5 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs2/10

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% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Yorketown

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

Tree cover measures, Yorketown SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20202.0%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20212.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 44.8%

Population by age in Yorketown
Population by age, Yorketown SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-451
5-1494
15-1938
20-2443
25-3478
35-4484
45-54131
55-64161
65-74196
75-8493
85+30
Dwelling types in Yorketown
Dwelling types, Yorketown SA (ABS Census 2021)
House397
Townhouse9
Apartment0
Other5
Households by weekly income in Yorketown
Households by weekly income, Yorketown SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$650108
$650-1,499147
$1,500-2,99975
$3,000+36
Top ancestries in Yorketown
Top ancestries, Yorketown SA (ABS Census 2021)
English461
Australian444
German104
Scottish96
Ancestry NS92
Irish66
Housing tenure in Yorketown
Housing tenure, Yorketown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned212
Mortgage93
Rented89
Other11
Cars per household in Yorketown
Cars per household, Yorketown SA (ABS Census 2021)
027
1145
2151
356
4+29
Commute to work in Yorketown
Commute to work, Yorketown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car228
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked45
Bicycle0
Home35
Top countries of birth in Yorketown
Top countries of birth, Yorketown SA (ABS Census 2021)
England43
Netherlands9
Germany5
Philippines4
Scotland4
Languages used at home in Yorketown
Languages used at home, Yorketown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Tagalog4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

410 bird observations recorded near Yorketown — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Yorketown

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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