Streaky Bay
2,292 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 6,223 km², 29 suburbs. Council website: streakybay.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
2,292
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.5% in a year
Density
0.4/km²
6,223 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$390k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$1,079
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
12.2 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
6 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
29
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
- 47
- Median household income
- $1,109/week
- Median rent
- $240/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,083/month
- Households renting
- 17.1%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 6 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 7 of 10
Suburbs
29 suburbs where Streaky Bay holds most residents. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streaky Bay | 1,436 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Wirrulla | 107 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Poochera | 67 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Haslam | 63 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Sceale Bay | 55 | All | – / 98% | 5 | |
| Perlubie | 45 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Colley | 40 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Kaldoonera | 38 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Chandada | 37 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Petina | 36 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Cungena | 25 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Eba Anchorage | 25 | All | 0% / 94% | 5 | |
| Karcultaby | 23 | 64% | – / – | 4 | |
| Mortana | 23 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Tyringa | 18 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Chilpenunda | 17 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Yanerbie | 17 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Piednippie | 16 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Inkster | 14 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Mount Cooper (SA) | 14 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Calca | 13 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Maryvale (SA) | 11 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Yantanabie | 11 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Wallala | 10 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Westall | 7 | All | – / 98% | 5 | |
| Baird Bay | 5 | All | – / 99% | 5 | |
| Witera | 3 | All | – / 97% | 5 | |
| Bockelberg | All | – / 100% | |||
| Koolgera | All | – / 100% |
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.
Flood planning land
0%
Over 1 of 29 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Bushfire-prone land
100%
Over 28 of 29 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Representation
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
- Flinders · Sam Telfer (LIB)100%
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.