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South Australia · SA2 407021156

What's going on in Penola

Population 3,107 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#29 of 165 in South Australia

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (60.3%)

Rank 2

#39 of 165 in South Australia

for Median age (47)

Rank 3

#89 of 165 in South Australia

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (1.6%)

The three dimensions where Penola picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,314 / week
#108 of 165 in South Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
47 years
#39 of 165 in South Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
21.3%
#93 of 165 in South Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
3.8%
#127 of 165 in South Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.70
#152 of 165 in South Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Penola's sharpest rank is for % of adults with no post-school qualification. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #213 · one rank above Yorke Peninsula - South South Australia ↓ #215 · one rank below Springvale Victoria

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.