Whyalla Norrie, 5608

Flats / units (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)

$290

Houses (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)

$330

All types (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)

$330

Rental bonds lodged (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)

75

7.3% of adults have a university degree, compared with 22.6% across South Australia. 23.2% have a trade or vocational qualification.

• University qualified7.3% · 22.6% SA
• Diploma qualified5.3% · 8.6% SA
• Trade / vocational23.2% · 17.5% SA
• Year 12 or below64.2% · 51.2% SA

Median taxable income (2023–24)

$54,263

50th percentile in SA · -8% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)

$60,358

60th percentile in SA · -7% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments

7.0%

4th percentile in SA · -49% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)

$50,471

16th percentile in SA · -20% vs Australia

Residents with business income

5.0%

2nd percentile in SA · -52% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 5608 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

7.4% speak a language other than English at home; 18.5% born overseas

Language at home

5,437 English only · 436 other

Non-English at home

7.4%

Born overseas

1,087 (18.5%)

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

376 (6%)

Australian citizens

5,498

Languages spoken at home (other than English)

18

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Reported offences increased compared with the previous period.

Schools within 2 km

8 (8 schools, 3 preschools)

Median school ICSEA (8 schools)

892.5

Median ICSEA percentile

10th

54 public transport stops in this suburb

• Stop 19 Jenkins Ave / George Ave - South side
• Stop 22 Smoker St / Paltridge St - West side
• Stop 26 Nicolson Ave - North side (Spencer Institute Whyalla)
• Stop 29 Cartledge Ave / Moran St - North side
• Stop 39 Mcdouall Stuart Ave / Cartledge Ave - East side

153 mapped amenities

4 restaurants · 1 cafes · 1 pubs · 5 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 7 fast food · 1 libraries · 7 places of worship

17 named sporting clubs in this suburb

• Central Whyalla Cricket Club

  Cricket

• Central Whyalla Football Club

  Australian Rules Football · Cricket · Netball · Touch Football

• Centrals Football Club

  Australian Rules Football

• Croatia Soccer Club

  Soccer

• Croatia Whyalla West Soccer and Social Club

  Soccer

• Hummock Hill Hockey Club

  Hockey

• Riding for the Disabled Association SA

  Equestrian

• Roopeena Football Club
• Roopena Football and Sporting Club Inc.

  Australian Rules Football · Billiards · Cricket · Darts · Eight-Ball · Netball

• Steel City Hockey Club

  Hockey

Named sporting clubs from OpenStreetMap and the SA Sports Vouchers venue list, assigned to this suburb's boundary. Sporting facilities such as ovals, courts and recreation centres are listed under Amenities.

Green cover of suburb area

11.6%

Woodland / forest cover

0%

Parks & woodland features (OSM)

14

Parks (OSM)

14

Typical summer maximum

30°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

7 places of worship within ~1.5 km

• 7 day adventist
• Bethel Family Church
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses

  45-47 Viscount Slim Avenue

• Place of worship
• Revival
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Whyalla Baptist Church

From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.

Nearest hospital

Whyalla Hospital and Health Services (3.6 km)

Nearest hospital type

Public Hospital

Nearest hospital emergency

Emergency department

GP clinics in suburb

3

GPs tagged bulk billing (OSM)

0 of 3

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

• ABC surgeryGP
• ClinicClinic
• Norrie Avenue SurgeryGP

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)

242

Participants per 1,000 residents

37.4

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Development applications from PlanSA register and EPA licensed activities.

2 heritage places

• Dwelling - Gay Street Cottage (Relocated to the Mount Laura Homestead Museum Reserve in 1978)Ekblom Street WHYALLA NORRIEState heritage
• Former Wooden Lock-up from Whyalla Policeman's Dwelling (Relocated to the Mount Laura Homestead Museum Reserve in 1978)Ekblom Street WHYALLA NORRIEState heritage

Bushfire planning zone

No overlay at centroid

Bushfire safer places

1

Flood / inundation overlay

100% of suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid against all current SA Planning risk layers (high, medium, general, urban interface, regional, outback). Flood cover is the share of the suburb boundary overlapping current SA Planning flood overlays (flooding and evidence required). Safer places from CFS designated locations.

Federal electorate

Grey

Member of Parliament

Tom VENNING (Liberal)

Results from

2025 federal election

Electorate enrolment (2025)

128,707

Turnout (2025)

89.4%

Swing since 2022 (2025)

+5.4 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

• Whyalla Norrie EastLabor 65.9% · Coalition 34.1% TPP (2025)0.9 km away
• Whyalla Norrie NorthLabor 73.1% · Coalition 26.9% TPP (2025)1.0 km away
• Whyalla Stuart WestLabor 69.4% · Coalition 30.6% TPP (2025)1.3 km away
• Whyalla Norrie SouthLabor 72.5% · Coalition 27.5% TPP (2025)1.5 km away
• Whyalla Central WestLabor 68.2% · Coalition 31.8% TPP (2025)2.7 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

IRSAD decile (2021)

1/10

IRSD decile (2021)

1/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).