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Wirraminna, 5717

  • Remote
What Wirraminna is known for: Remote

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Suburb profile

Wirraminna is a remote locality in South Australia, in Unincorporated SA.

Trade-offs centre on household incomes and weaker population growth, with household incomes 100% below the peer median.

Few other published measures stand out from similar places, so this profile stays brief rather than filling gaps with unsupported detail about the locality.

Household incomes are the most material weakness.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Remote locality · compared with remote localities in South Australia (321)

Strengths

No relative strengths against comparable places.

Weaknesses

  • Household incomes are a relative weakness
  • Population growth is a relative weakness

What stands out

Nothing distinctive beyond the usual profile.

Housing, growth and risk

How Wirraminna compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

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No data available

Median rent

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No data available

Population (ERP)

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No data available

Dwelling vacancy

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No data available

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Crime rate

82nd

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Population

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
0
Median age
47
Median household income / week
$0
Unoccupied private dwellings
0 of 0
Median monthly mortgage
$0
Employment rate
66.7%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
0 / 0 / 0

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Community & culture

No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Reported offences are unchanged compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2025–26)
1
Against the person
1
Against property
0
Rate per 1,000 residents
90.9
State crime-rate percentile
82.1th (higher = more crime)
No change (daily rate)
0%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
9
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
818.18

Most common offence types

  • Common Assault1

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

Family & Lifestyle

Amenities

No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
0%
Woodland / forest cover
0%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
0
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
34°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.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Nearest hospital
Roxby Downs Health Service (110.9 km)
Nearest hospital type
Public Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

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

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

Weather

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.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
34° / 19°
Rainfall
53 mm · ~7 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
26° / 13°
Rainfall
43 mm · ~5 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
18° / 6°
Rainfall
52 mm · ~6 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
27° / 12°
Rainfall
50 mm · ~6 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Planning & development

Development applications from PlanSA register (lodged 2020–2026) and EPA licensed activities.

1 planning-related records

2024· 1 proposal
  • March 2024

  • Installation of 60 solar panel arrays and one permanent on-site generator
    206 WIRRAMINNA RD WIRRAMINNA SA 5719;LOT 1554 STUART HWY WIRRAMINNA SA 5719Under Assessment

Data sources & freshness

Roadworks & transport

1 active roadworks / incidents

  • Shoulder WorkStuart Highway, Wirraminna Rd15 May 2026 – 13 Oct 2026

Data sources & freshness

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
Overlay applies
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.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

Politics & representation

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

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 54.6%Labor 45.4%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 202.0 km away).

Coalition 55.2%Labor 44.8%

0.5 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +8.2 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • WoomeraLabor 38.9% · Coalition 61.1% TPP (2025)48.6 km away
  • Roxby DownsLabor 49.6% · Coalition 50.4% TPP (2025)92.8 km away
  • AndamookaLabor 51.9% · Coalition 48.1% TPP (2025)119.3 km away
  • Iron KnobLabor 58.0% · Coalition 42.0% TPP (2025)184.0 km away
  • Port Augusta WestLabor 59.0% · Coalition 41.0% TPP (2025)193.1 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.

Data sources & freshness

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