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Compton SA 5291

Compton is located in the South East South Australia region of South Australia, postcode 5291. It has 469 properties across 34 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Compton, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Compton

Compton, SA 5291, sits in the South East South Australia region and neighbours Burrungule, Kongorong, Moorak and Suttontown. Its 34 streets hold 469 properties, 468 of them houses and 1 a unit.

Census figures are for Mount Gambier - West, an area that covers most of the suburb. It had 14,499 residents, a median age of 41 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,210 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,109 a month and the median rent $220 a week. Of 5,993 dwellings, 4,480 were separate houses, 914 semi-detached, 569 flats and 10 other; 1,832 were owned outright, 1,911 owned with a mortgage and 1,854 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Compton

  • 14,499Peoplelive in the area
  • 41Median ageyears
  • $1,210Median household incomea week
  • $220Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses4,480
  • Townhouses and semis914
  • Flats and apartments569
  • Other10

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,109a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,832Owned with a mortgage 1,911Rented 1,854Other 396

Streets in Compton

  1. Algernon Road30 properties
  2. Alie Drive9 properties
  3. Bells Lane3 properties
  4. Bill James Court7 properties
  5. Burnda Road10 properties
  6. Cafpirco Road78 properties
  7. Carpenter Rocks Road23 properties
  8. Centenary View Drive6 properties
  9. Crafter Road35 properties
  10. Elsie May Drive19 properties
  11. Eumerella Street20 properties
  12. Ferguson Road5 properties
  13. Hillview Lane4 properties
  14. Hollis Road9 properties
  15. John Fallas Drive9 properties
  16. Kylusa Road3 properties
  17. Marist Drive3 properties
  18. Marte Siding Road1 property
  19. Mckay Road28 properties
  20. Mcnamara Park Road9 properties
  21. Megaw Road9 properties
  22. Mercy Court6 properties
  23. Milton Street2 properties
  24. Mitchell Road7 properties
  25. Mount Percy Road46 properties
  26. Mountview Court1 property
  27. Mulwala Road8 properties
  28. Penney Court4 properties
  29. Princes Highway17 properties
  30. Siggers Road3 properties
  31. Stafford Road4 properties
  32. Tollner Road38 properties
  33. Walsgott Road3 properties
  34. White Avenue10 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.

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