Suburb profile

Northgate SA 5085

Northgate is located in the Adelaide North region of South Australia, postcode 5085. It has 1,141 properties across 51 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Northgate, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Northgate

Northgate, SA 5085, sits in the Adelaide North region and neighbours Northfield, Oakden and Lightsview. Its 51 streets hold 1,141 properties, 1,111 of them houses and 30 units.

Census figures are for the Northgate - Northfield area, which had 18,188 residents, a median age of 35 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,759 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,650 a month and the median rent $360 a week. Of 6,505 dwellings, 4,542 were separate houses, 1,659 semi-detached and 296 flats; 1,391 were owned outright, 2,783 owned with a mortgage and 2,110 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Northgate

  • 18,188Peoplelive in the area
  • 35Median ageyears
  • $1,759Median household incomea week
  • $360Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses4,542
  • Townhouses and semis1,659
  • Flats and apartments296

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,650a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,391Owned with a mortgage 2,783Rented 2,110Other 221

Properties in Northgate

Schools in Northgate

  • Cedar College

    IndependentPrimary and secondary

Agencies that specialise in Northgate

Streets in Northgate

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.

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.