Suburb profile

Northern Heights SA 5253

Northern Heights is located in the South East South Australia region of South Australia, postcode 5253. It has 174 properties across 11 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Northern Heights, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Northern Heights

Northern Heights, SA 5253, sits in the South East South Australia region and neighbours Mobilong, Murray Bridge, Rocky Gully and Murray Bridge North. Its 11 streets hold 174 properties, 168 of them houses and 6 units.

Census figures are for the Murray Bridge area, which has 18,243 residents, a median age of 42 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income is $1,077 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,100 a month and the median rent $240 a week. Of 7,177 dwellings, 6,263 are separate houses, 806 semi-detached, 33 flats and 44 other; 2,214 are owned outright, 2,106 owned with a mortgage and 2,515 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Northern Heights

  • 18,243Peoplelive in the area
  • 42Median ageyears
  • $1,077Median household incomea week
  • $240Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses6,263
  • Townhouses and semis806
  • Flats and apartments33
  • Other44

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,100a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,214Owned with a mortgage 2,106Rented 2,515Other 342

Streets in Northern Heights

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.