Wakefield
6,993 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 3,469 km², 42 suburbs. Council website: wrc.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
6,993
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.0% in a year
Density
2.0/km²
3,469 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$355k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$438
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
2.4 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
2 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
42
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
- 45
- Median household income
- $1,138/week
- Median rent
- $220/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $918/month
- Households renting
- 21.7%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 2 of 10
Suburbs
42 suburbs where Wakefield holds most residents, plus 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balaklava | 2,083 | All | – / 99% | 2 | |
| Hamley Bridge | 709 | 98% | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Port Wakefield | 661 | All | – / 95% | 1 | |
| Blyth | 518 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Owen | 509 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Snowtown | 425 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Brinkworth | 243 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Halbury | 211 | 93% | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Barabba | 135 | 17% | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Mundoora | 134 | 24% | – / 61% | 5 | |
| Hoyleton | 120 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Lochiel (SA) | 104 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Wild Horse Plains | 96 | 27% | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Pinery | 87 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Beaufort (SA) | 81 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Kybunga | 69 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Nantawarra | 67 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Alma (SA) | 66 | 72% | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Avon (SA) | 64 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Long Plains | 62 | 30% | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Condowie | 61 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Grace Plains | 61 | 10% | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Wokurna | 61 | 33% | – / – | 5 | |
| Salter Springs | 59 | 70% | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Bowmans | 56 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Erith | 51 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Mount Templeton | 50 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Whitwarta | 48 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Hart (SA) | 47 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Everard Central | 33 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Watchman | 31 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| South Hummocks | 30 | 40% | – / – | 6 | |
| Goyder | 24 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Barunga Gap | 23 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Inkerman (SA) | 23 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Bowillia | 20 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Bumbunga | 20 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Proof Range | 20 | All | – / 98% | 2 | |
| Kallora | 17 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Dalkey | 16 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Hoskin Corner | 16 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Stockyard Creek (SA) | 15 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Lake View | 11 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Saints | 11 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Stow | 9 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Marola | 8 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Burnsfield | 6 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Rochester (SA) | 5 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Hope Gap | 3 | All | – / 100% | 6 |
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
99%
Over 47 of 49 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
- Narungga · Fraser Ellis (IND)74%
- Ngadjuri26%
- Stuart · Geoff Brock (IND)1%
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.