Whyalla Jenkins SA 5609
Whyalla Jenkins sits 391 km from Adelaide CBD in South Australia, around 4 hours 35 minutes by car. Census data records 1,961 residents with a median age of 33 and a median household income of $102,440 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $265 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,580. The area shows high flood risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.
Is Whyalla Jenkins a good suburb?
Whyalla Jenkins scores a D (32/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit and safety.
Car-dependent
Walkability 19/100 · 390.9 km · 273 min drive to Adelaide
Median available
Median $420K
High flood risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 56/100 · Flood 92/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 6/10 · median age 33 · 1,961 residents
Liveability Rating
32 / 100 · Ranked #431 in SAEach bar is Whyalla Jenkins's rank among SA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
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Our score
32 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWhyalla Jenkins's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $420,000, about 7% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$420,000
Based on 113 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 34 days — median across 52 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 51 sales $395K
- 4 bed 54 sales $450K
- 5 bed 7 sales $565K
Land
$90,000
Based on 17 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 92 days — median across 4 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Whyalla Jenkins are currently listed at around $499,000 on average. Based on 7 houses listed in the past six months.
$499K
7 houses listed in the last 6 months.
7 of the suburb's 748 dwellings (0.9%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Whyalla Jenkins rent for around $415 a week on average, based on 13 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$415/wk
13 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
13 rentals advertised against an estimated 312 rented homes (4.2%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Apr–Jun 2026- All rentals
- $430/wk
- 20 bonds
- +28% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025121 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 25% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5609.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$415/week ($22,000 a year) on a $499,000 median
Based on a small sample (7 listings) — indicative only.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Whyalla Jenkins safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Whyalla Jenkins sits in the moderate band, with 64 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 11% on the prior year.
64 offences
11.1% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20251 crash
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. This state’s crash data does not name the road.
Schools
Walkability
Whyalla Jenkins is very car-dependent on foot — at 19/100, nearly all errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Whyalla Jenkins.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 3.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 3.3 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 1.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 9.3 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Whyalla Jenkins.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 43%
- Premises covered
- 906
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Whyalla: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
Whyalla Jenkins is home to about 2,000 residents, with a median age of 33, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $102,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,961
Median Age
33
Median Household Income
$102,440/yr
Census Median Rent
$265/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,580/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$52,156/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
9.8%
Total Dwellings
748
Owner-Occupier Rate
58.3%
Houses
92.0%
Rental Stress
13.5%
Mortgage Stress
18.5%
Work From Home
3.1%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
66 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 0 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 310 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 76.0%
- English Spoken at Home
- 87.3%
- Employment Rate
- 69.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 39.9%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
78 residents (4.0%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
7.4% of residents (133) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Adelaide (111).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,807 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (6 of 1,047).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,104 a year through Whyalla based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 100%
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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Whyalla
In the year to August 2026, 18 new dwellings were approved across Whyalla. That mix is 16 houses and 2 units.
Air Quality
This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).
PM10 averaged 19.1 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 5.
From the Whyalla, Schulz Reserve monitoring station, 2.4 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Whyalla Aero, 3.2 kmDry climate — very hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 20 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 6.3 km
- Annual rainfall
- 259 mm
- 44 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 29.7°C
- 30 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 5.9°C
- 4 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
2 facilities within 5 km- 2.9 km
- 3.8 kmOther Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and QuarryingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 5609, 7 of 1,565 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.0% (31 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5609, 453 rooftop-solar systems totalling 2.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 826 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 26 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$15,000 for new homes.
No purchase-price cap. Stamp duty is fully exempted for eligible first-home buyers as a separate concession.
Mortgage repayments
Conveyance duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with RevenueSA
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Tom Venning Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tom Venning | 45.4% | 54.6% | +5.4 |
| 2022 | Rowan Ramsey | 39.9% | 60.1% | -3.2 |
| 2019 | Rowan Ramsey | 36.7% | 63.3% | +5.6 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Eddie Hughes Australian Labor Party
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eddie Hughes ALP | 58.5% |
| 2022 | Eddie Hughes ALP | 71.0% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2024, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of South Australia.
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Common questions about Whyalla Jenkins
Is Whyalla Jenkins a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Whyalla Jenkins is moderate (56/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Whyalla Jenkins?
Whyalla Jenkins has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a high share of it (92/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Whyalla Jenkins a good place to live?
Whyalla Jenkins has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (32/100), ranked against other SA suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Whyalla Jenkins?
Whyalla Jenkins, SA had a population of 1,961 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Whyalla Jenkins, SA?
The postcode for Whyalla Jenkins, SA is 5609.
How far is Whyalla Jenkins from Adelaide?
Whyalla Jenkins is 391 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 273 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Whyalla Jenkins?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Whyalla Jenkins was $102,440 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Whyalla Jenkins?
The median advertised rent in Whyalla Jenkins is $415 a week for houses (13 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Whyalla Jenkins?
The median age of residents in Whyalla Jenkins was 33 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Whyalla Jenkins walkable?
Whyalla Jenkins scores 19/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Whyalla Jenkins?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Whyalla Jenkins, Whyalla Aero (3.2 km away), summer days average 29.7°C, winter nights 5.9°C, 259 mm of rain a year over 44 rainy days, and 30 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Whyalla Jenkins?
First-home buyers in SA may be eligible for $15,000 towards new homes. The grant is administered by RevenueSA; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Whyalla Jenkins belong to?
Whyalla Jenkins sits within the Whyalla local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Whyalla Jenkins?
The average residential rates bill through Whyalla is $2,104 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Whyalla Jenkins?
Across Whyalla, 18 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Whyalla Jenkins in?
Whyalla Jenkins sits within the federal Division of Grey, currently held by Tom Venning (Liberal).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2026
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2026
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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