Suburb profile

Gemmells SA 5255

Gemmells is located in the South East South Australia region of South Australia, postcode 5255. It has 47 properties across 7 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Gemmells, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Gemmells

Gemmells, SA 5255, sits in the South East South Australia region and neighbours Highland Valley, Macclesfield, Strathalbyn and Bugle Ranges. Its 7 streets hold 47 properties, all 47 of them houses.

Census figures are for the Strathalbyn area. At the 2021 Census it had 7,871 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,277 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,500 a month and the median rent $300 a week. Of 3,056 dwellings, 2,863 were separate houses, 153 semi-detached and 20 other; 1,199 were owned outright, 1,180 owned with a mortgage and 581 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Gemmells

  • 7,871Peoplelive in the area
  • 47Median ageyears
  • $1,277Median household incomea week
  • $300Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,863
  • Townhouses and semis153
  • Other20

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,500a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,199Owned with a mortgage 1,180Rented 581Other 96

Streets in Gemmells

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.