Yorketown, SA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Yorketown lies on the southern Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, roughly 90 kilometres west of Adelaide across Gulf St Vincent and south of Maitland. The wider area is known as Garrdinya to the Narungga, the Aboriginal people of the Yorke Peninsula. The town began as a private subdivision in 1872 in the Hundred of Melville and grew into the main service centre for the southern end of the peninsula. Its early life was lively enough to support its own newspapers, including the Southern Yorke's Peninsula Pioneer from 1898. Today Yorketown remains a country hub for the surrounding farmland, with a heritage hotel and other late-nineteenth-century buildings along its main street.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Yorketown is more socio-economically advantaged than about 14% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 907, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Yorketown at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 997
- Median age
- 53
- Median weekly household income
- $949
- SEIFA score
- 907
- Coordinates
- -34.9933, 137.5929
Yorketown demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Yorketown using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is seniors (65+) at 32%, 22% of homes are rented, and 8% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 145 | 15% |
| Youth (15–24) | 81 | 8% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 162 | 16% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 292 | 29% |
| Seniors (65+) | 319 | 32% |
Share of the 999 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 212 | 51% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 93 | 23% |
| Rented | 89 | 22% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 397 | 97% |
| Townhouses & semis | 9 | 2% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 411 occupied private dwellings in Yorketown.
- Median weekly rent
- $200
- Median monthly mortgage
- $915
- Average household size
- 2.1 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,396
- Median weekly personal income
- $567
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 70 (8%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 15 (2%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 17 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 273 (33%)
- Labour-force participation
- 44.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4%
- Employed full-time
- 186
- Employed part-time
- 152
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Common questions about Yorketown
Where is Yorketown?
Yorketown is a suburb of South Australia, Australia.
What is the population of Yorketown?
At the 2021 Census, Yorketown had a population of about 997.
Is Yorketown an advantaged area?
Yorketown has an ABS SEIFA score of 907, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 14 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 14% of Australian suburbs.
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