Suburb profile

Laura SA 5480

Laura is located in the Barossa, Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia, postcode 5480. It has 625 properties across 53 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Laura, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Laura

Laura, SA 5480, sits in the Barossa, Yorke and Mid North region and neighbours Appila, Beetaloo Valley, Caltowie West and Gladstone. Its 53 streets hold 625 properties, 591 of them houses and 34 units.

Census figures are for the Jamestown area, which had 4,596 residents, a median age of 49 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,145 a week, the median mortgage repayment $802 a month and the median rent $192 a week. Of 1,898 dwellings, 1,837 were separate houses, 51 semi-detached and 12 other; 933 were owned outright, 527 owned with a mortgage and 326 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Laura

  • 4,596Peoplelive in the area
  • 49Median ageyears
  • $1,145Median household incomea week
  • $192Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,837
  • Townhouses and semis51
  • Other12

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$802a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 933Owned with a mortgage 527Rented 326Other 112

Schools in Laura

  • Laura Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Laura

Neighbouring suburbs

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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.

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.