Amata is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara local government area (postcode 0872). The area has roughly 393 residents and a predominantly early-career demographic, with a median age of 28. Households earn a median income of $55K per year, with an average household size of 4 people. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 21 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 7 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, community & personal service, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward education and arts & recreation. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, Scottish, English.
The median weekly rent is $80 (Census 2021).
Amata is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The crime rate in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara LGA is higher than average at 34,860 incidents per 100,000 population.