Suburb profile

Goolwa South SA 5214

Goolwa South is located in the South East South Australia region of South Australia, postcode 5214. It has 1,210 properties across 39 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Goolwa South, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Goolwa South

Goolwa South, SA 5214, sits in the South East South Australia region and neighbours Goolwa, Goolwa Beach, Hindmarsh Island and Coorong. Its 39 streets hold 1,210 properties, 1,095 of them houses and 115 units.

Census figures are for the Goolwa - Port Elliot area, which covers the whole suburb. At the 2021 Census the area had 12,516 residents, a median age of 61 and an average household of 2 people. Median household income was $970 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,196 a month and the median rent $280 a week. Of 5,601 dwellings, 5,062 were separate houses, 345 semi-detached, 116 flats and 64 other; 2,738 were owned outright, 1,294 owned with a mortgage and 1,171 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Goolwa South

  • 12,516Peoplelive in the area
  • 61Median ageyears
  • $970Median household incomea week
  • $280Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses5,062
  • Townhouses and semis345
  • Flats and apartments116
  • Other64

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,196a month
  • Household size2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,738Owned with a mortgage 1,294Rented 1,171Other 398

Properties in Goolwa South

Streets in Goolwa South

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.