IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 964
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
For state-level context, explore the South Australia economy.
Housing
Ward Hill
South Australia · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Ward Hill is a leafy residential suburb of Barunga West.
Median house price
No Valuer-General median for Ward Hill.
South Australia's open Valuer-General suburb median feed covers metropolitan Adelaide only. We have no median for Ward Hill from this feed. ABS median established-house price, Greater Adelaide: $980k; Rest of SA: $595k.
How it compares
Household income / wk55th percentile
<$450ABS Census 2021$3,749+
Percentiles rank this suburb against South Australia suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in South Australia and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
52
Median age
53 yrs
Income / person / wk
$668
Household income / wk
$1,542
▲ 7% vs SA
Median rent / wk
$175
Mortgage / month
$960
Housing stock
24 occupied private dwellings
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 995
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,010
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 5 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 6 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 963
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 5 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 5 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
25 m
range 0–72 m
Land below 5 m
9.1%
3.2% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. Not yet assessed: the Code applies its precautionary Evidence Required overlay to most of this suburb. Not yet assessed: the Code applies its precautionary Regional or Outback bushfire overlay to most of this suburb. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Planning & zoning
In a heritage area
0%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Listed heritage places
0
local & State places in the Code
Planning instrument: Planning and Design Code. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Listed-place counts follow each state's own list, so they do not compare across states. Source: SA Planning and Design Code zones; SA Code heritage & character overlays.
Schools by sector
- Nearest secondary
- 11.1 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Barunga West
- Population
- 2,688 (2025) · +0.2% in a year
- Area / density
- 1,590 km² · 2/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 57 · $975/wk household income · $208/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $368k
- Federal grants
- $467k in 2025-26 · $174/resident
- Website
- barungawest.sa.gov.au
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. ABS and Dept of Infrastructure data CC BY 4.0; council website from Wikidata (CC0).
Representation
- Federal division
- Grey
- Federal MP
- Tom Venning (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 55% 2PP
- State electorate
- Narungga
- State MP
- Fraser Ellis (IND)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Planning and Design Code overlays (Hazards — Flooding, and Flooding — General), Government of South Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU); Planning and Design Code overlays (Hazards — Bushfire), Government of South Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU); Planning and Design Code Zones, Government of South Australia (PlanSA) (CC BY 3.0 AU); Planning and Design Code Overlays (heritage and character), Government of South Australia (PlanSA) (CC BY 3.0 AU); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.