Suburb profile

Charleston SA 5244

Charleston is located in the Adelaide Central and Hills region of South Australia, postcode 5244. It has 288 properties across 30 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Charleston, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Charleston

Charleston, SA 5244, sits in the Adelaide Central and Hills region and neighbours Lobethal, Mount Torrens and Woodside. Its 30 streets hold 288 properties, 278 of them houses and 10 units.

At the 2021 Census the Lobethal - Woodside area, which covers the suburb, had 9,448 residents, a median age of 44 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,691 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,600 a month and the median rent $320 a week. Of 3,427 dwellings, 3,192 were separate houses, 192 semi-detached, 35 flats and 4 other; 1,265 were owned outright, 1,495 owned with a mortgage and 523 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Charleston

  • 9,448Peoplelive in the area
  • 44Median ageyears
  • $1,691Median household incomea week
  • $320Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,192
  • Townhouses and semis192
  • Flats and apartments35
  • Other4

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,600a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,265Owned with a mortgage 1,495Rented 523Other 144

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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.

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