Suburb profile

Gawler SA 5118

Gawler is located in the Adelaide North region of South Australia, postcode 5118. It has 938 properties across 40 streets. Explore every street in Gawler, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Gawler

Gawler, SA 5118, sits in the Adelaide North region and neighbours Gawler South, Willaston and Gawler East. Its 40 streets hold 938 properties, 583 of them houses and 355 units.

Census figures are for the Gawler - South statistical area, which covers the whole suburb. The area has 21,662 residents, a median age of 42 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income is $1,336 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,400 a month and the median rent $285 a week. Of 8,669 dwellings, 6,980 are separate houses, 1,477 semi-detached, 120 flats and 48 other; 2,558 are owned outright, 3,344 owned with a mortgage and 2,396 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Gawler

  • 21,662Peoplelive in the area
  • 42Median ageyears
  • $1,336Median household incomea week
  • $285Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses6,980
  • Townhouses and semis1,477
  • Flats and apartments120
  • Other48

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,400a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,558Owned with a mortgage 3,344Rented 2,396Other 371

Properties in Gawler

Schools in Gawler

  • Gawler Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Local agents in Gawler

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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.