Yorketown vs Warooka
Warooka is the younger of the two, with a median age of 49 against 53 in Yorketown. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Yorketown, most households are people living alone. In Warooka, about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Yorketown: a median of $410,000, against $220,000 in Warooka, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Warooka tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget.
Which one suits you?
There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.
Families with school-age kids
Yorketown
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Warooka
ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here
- has cheaper houses ($220,000 vs $410,000)
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (17% vs 22%)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Warooka
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($168/wk vs $200/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Yorketown
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (229.5 km vs 236.2 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Yorketown
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more residents already 65 and over (32% vs 26%)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Yorketown and Warooka drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.
Side by side, out of 100
Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.
Demographics
Yorketown has more residents (997 vs 360); Yorketown rents higher ($200/wk vs $168/wk).
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 997 +64% vs other | 360 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +2.9% | +3.4% |
| Median age | 53 | 49 |
| Median household income | $49,348/yr | $51,584/yr +5% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $200/wk +16% vs other | $168/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.7%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Where residents were born
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.4%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.1%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $410,000 | $220,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $78,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 34 days from 3 sales | — |
Zoning mix
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 99% | 98% |
| Environmental | 0% | 2% |
| Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09. | ||
Development activity
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 97 across Yorke Peninsula same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -18% same for both | |
Ranking within SA
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 15% of SA | Higher than 17% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 80% of SA | Higher than 78% of SA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | — same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 72% of SA | Higher than 57% of SA |
Liveability
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | — |
| Score | 43/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 2/10 | high-need area decile 1/10 |
Risk profile
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 42/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Low 11/100 | Low 20/100 |
| Flood | — same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 | Low 24/100 |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 2 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 1 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Yorketown
- St Columba's Memorial School Catholic · Primary above peers
- Yorketown Area School Government · Combined at peers
Schools in Warooka
- Warooka Primary School Government · Primary at peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 1 same for both | |
| Parks & reserves | 2 | 3 |
| Childcare | 2 | 1 |
| GPs | 1 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 0 | 1 |
| Hospitals | 1 | 0 |
| Police stations | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 3 | 1 |
| Fuel stations | 2 | 1 |
| EV chargers | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 7 | 3 |
Mobility
Warooka sits further from the CBD (236.2 km vs 229.5 km).
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 49/100 | 42/100 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 229.5 km | 236.2 km +3% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 163 min | 167 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 5576 | 0.0% postcode 5577 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 66 postcode 5576 | 40 postcode 5577 |
How people get to work
Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (73.6%).
Setting
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 24 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 54 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 11.6 km | 4.6 km 4.9 km to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 41/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 593 premises | 0% 203 premises |
Climate
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 374 mm | 425 mm |
| Summer max (Jan) | 25.2°C | 26.9°C |
| Winter min (Jul) | 7.7°C | 8.1°C |
Council rates
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,494/yr same for both | |
| Council | Yorke Peninsula same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Grey same for both | |
| Member | Tom Venning same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Yorketown | Warooka | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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