Suburb profile

Bute SA 5560

Bute is located in the Barossa, Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia, postcode 5560. It has 328 properties across 49 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Bute, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Bute

Bute, SA 5560, sits in the Barossa, Yorke and Mid North region and neighbours Alford, Lochiel, Ninnes and Port Broughton. Its 49 streets hold 328 properties, 319 of them houses and 9 units.

Census figures are for the Wakefield - Barunga West area, which had 9,500 residents, a median age of 48 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,092 a week, the median mortgage repayment $965 a month and the median rent $220 a week. Of 3,819 dwellings, 3,547 were separate houses, 208 semi-detached, 19 flats and 27 other; 1,695 were owned outright, 1,084 owned with a mortgage and 771 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Bute

  • 9,500Peoplelive in the area
  • 48Median ageyears
  • $1,092Median household incomea week
  • $220Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,547
  • Townhouses and semis208
  • Flats and apartments19
  • Other27

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$965a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,695Owned with a mortgage 1,084Rented 771Other 269

Schools in Bute

  • Bute Early Learning and Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Bute

Neighbouring suburbs

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.