Whyalla
21,720 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 1,071 km², 10 suburbs. Council website: whyalla.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
21,720
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.7% in a year
Density
20/km²
1,071 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$330k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$308
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
1.0 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
1 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
10
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
- 41
- Median household income
- $1,188/week
- Median rent
- $180/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,083/month
- Households renting
- 39.5%
- Average household
- 2.2 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 1 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 1 of 10
Suburbs
10 suburbs where Whyalla 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whyalla Stuart | 6,476 | All | – / 0% | 1 | |
| Whyalla Norrie | 6,288 | All | – / 0% | 1 | |
| Whyalla | 3,609 | All | – / 0% | 4 | |
| Whyalla Playford | 2,540 | All | – / 0% | 3 | |
| Whyalla Jenkins | 1,961 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Mullaquana | 272 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Douglas Point | 47 | All | – / – | 7 | |
| Point Lowly | 34 | All | – / – | 7 | |
| Port Bonython | 14 | All | – / – | 7 | |
| Whyalla Barson | 79% | – / – |
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
0%
Over 4 of 10 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
- Giles · Eddie Hughes (ALP)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.