Woomera is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Unincorporated SA local government area (postcode 5720). With a population of 132, the suburb has a settled mid-life population with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $95K per year, with an average household size of 1.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -1.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. 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 technicians & trades, community & personal service, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward construction and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The median weekly rent is $103 (Census 2021).
Woomera is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 954, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Unincorporated SA LGA is low at 1,515 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -1.0% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.