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South Australia · SA2 405021119

What's going on in Wakefield - Barunga West

Population 9,500 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#18 of 165 in South Australia

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (61.8%)

Rank 2

#29 of 165 in South Australia

for Median age (48)

Rank 3

#45 of 165 in South Australia

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (2.7%)

The three dimensions where Wakefield - Barunga West picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,092 / week
#141 of 165 in South Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
48 years
#29 of 165 in South Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
20.2%
#104 of 165 in South Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
5.1%
#64 of 165 in South Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.70
#130 of 165 in South Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Wakefield - Barunga West's sharpest rank is for % of adults with no post-school qualification. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #156 · one rank above Balonne Queensland ↓ #158 · one rank below Kempsey New South Wales

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.