Suburb profile
Cowell SA 5602
Cowell is located in the Outback South Australia region of South Australia, postcode 5602. It has 947 properties across 77 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Cowell, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Cowell
Cowell, SA 5602, sits in Outback South Australia and neighbours Arno Bay, Port Gibbon, Cleve and Miltalie. Its 77 streets hold 947 properties, 877 of them houses and 70 units.
Census figures are for the Kimba - Cleve - Franklin Harbour area, which had 4,201 residents, a median age of 48 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,176 a week, the median mortgage repayment $936 a month and the median rent $160 a week. Of 1,592 dwellings, 1,463 were separate houses, 98 semi-detached, 8 flats and 18 other; 805 were owned outright, 373 owned with a mortgage and 284 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Cowell
- 4,201Peoplelive in the area
- 48Median ageyears
- $1,176Median household incomea week
- $160Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,463
- Townhouses and semis98
- Flats and apartments8
- Other18
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$936a month
- Household size2.3people on average
How homes are held
Properties in Cowell
Schools in Cowell
Cowell Area School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Cowell Area School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Streets in Cowell
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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.
