Ungarra (postcode 5607) is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Tumby Bay local government area. The area has roughly 156 residents and a blend of families and working-age professionals, with a median age of 32. Households earn a median income of $64K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.3% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +1.6% 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 managers, labourers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $100 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $939.
Ungarra is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1005, which is around the national average of 1,000.
On the investment side, Population growth of +0.3% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.