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Birkenhead SA 5015

Birkenhead is located in the Adelaide West region of South Australia, postcode 5015. It has 1,004 properties across 36 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Birkenhead, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Birkenhead

Birkenhead, SA 5015, sits in Adelaide West and neighbours Exeter, Glanville, Largs Bay and Peterhead. Its 36 streets hold 1,004 properties, 911 of them houses and 93 units.

Census figures are for Largs Bay - Semaphore, which at the 2021 Census had 14,807 residents, a median age of 45 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,584 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month and the median rent $320 a week. Of 6,350 dwellings, 4,431 were separate houses, 1,058 semi-detached, 846 flats and 12 other; 1,902 were owned outright, 2,470 owned with a mortgage and 1,847 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Birkenhead

  • 14,807Peoplelive in the area
  • 45Median ageyears
  • $1,584Median household incomea week
  • $320Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses4,431
  • Townhouses and semis1,058
  • Flats and apartments846
  • Other12

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,625a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,902Owned with a mortgage 2,470Rented 1,847Other 131

Properties in Birkenhead

Schools in Birkenhead

  • Le Fevre Peninsula Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Local agents in Birkenhead

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Streets in Birkenhead

  1. Baker Street33 properties
  2. Close Street61 properties
  3. Craigie Street21 properties
  4. Darton Street28 properties
  5. Dickenson Close7 properties
  6. Elder Road3 properties
  7. Emily Street69 properties
  8. Fletcher Road106 properties
  9. Gilbert Street4 properties
  10. Gunn Street38 properties
  11. Hargrave Street45 properties
  12. Harris Street1 property
  13. Heath Street34 properties
  14. Hilton Street30 properties
  15. Hughes Street20 properties
  16. Levi Street25 properties
  17. Little Craigie Street6 properties
  18. Little Gunn Street5 properties
  19. Martin Street16 properties
  20. May Street33 properties
  21. Mead Street128 properties
  22. Methodist Street2 properties
  23. Monte Place12 properties
  24. Moore Street22 properties
  25. Nelson Street2 properties
  26. Riverview Street4 properties
  27. Roberts Street75 properties
  28. Rose Street30 properties
  29. Semaphore Road21 properties
  30. Shorney Street1 property
  31. Swiggs Street8 properties
  32. Victoria Road30 properties
  33. Walker Street30 properties
  34. Wells Street36 properties
  35. Wilson Street1 property
  36. Workman Street17 properties

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

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.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

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