Barunga West
2,688 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 1,590 km², 14 suburbs. Council website: barungawest.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
2,688
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.2% in a year
Density
1.7/km²
1,590 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$368k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$174
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
8.2 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
4 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
14
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 57
- Median household income
- $975/week
- Median rent
- $208/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,042/month
- Households renting
- 16.8%
- Average household
- 2.1 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 4 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 3 of 10
Suburbs
14 suburbs where Barunga West holds most residents, plus 1 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Broughton | 1,312 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Bute | 389 | All | – / – | 2 | |
| Tickera | 194 | 93% | – / – | 3 | |
| Alford | 159 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Paskeville | 149 | 12% | – / – | 1 | |
| Fisherman Bay | 140 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| Mundoora | 134 | 56% | – / 61% | 5 | |
| Ninnes | 65 | All | – / – | 9 | |
| Wokurna | 61 | 67% | – / – | 5 | |
| Kulpara | 56 | All | – / – | 9 | |
| Clements Gap | 54 | 53% | – / – | 4 | |
| Ward Hill | 52 | All | – / – | 4 | |
| Thomas Plain | 46 | All | – / – | 9 | |
| South Hummocks | 30 | 60% | – / – | 6 | |
| Melton (SA) | 29 | All | – / – | 9 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Bushfire-prone land
61%
Over 1 of 15 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
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Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Grey · Tom VENNING (LP)100%
State districts
- Narungga · Fraser Ellis (IND)97%
- Stuart · Geoff Brock (IND)3%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every South Australia council on the council map or the South Australia council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.