Suburb profile

Houghton SA 5131

Houghton is located in the Adelaide Central and Hills region of South Australia, postcode 5131. It has 264 properties across 17 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Houghton, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Houghton

Houghton, SA 5131, sits in the Adelaide Central and Hills region and neighbours Highbury, Inglewood, Paracombe and Tea Tree Gully. Its 17 streets hold 264 properties, all of them houses, with no units.

Census figures are for Adelaide Hills, an area that includes the suburb. At the 2021 Census it had 7,051 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $1,905 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month and the median rent $300 a week. Of 2,447 dwellings, 2,404 were separate houses, 13 semi-detached, 10 flats and 20 other; 1,062 were owned outright, 1,111 owned with a mortgage and 215 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Houghton

  • 7,051Peoplelive in the area
  • 47Median ageyears
  • $1,905Median household incomea week
  • $300Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,404
  • Townhouses and semis13
  • Flats and apartments10
  • Other20

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,733a month
  • Household size2.7people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,062Owned with a mortgage 1,111Rented 215Other 59

Properties in Houghton

Streets in Houghton

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.