Suburb profile

Ob Flat SA 5291

Ob Flat is located in the South East South Australia region of South Australia, postcode 5291. It has 304 properties across 23 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Ob Flat, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Ob Flat

Ob Flat, SA 5291, sits in the South East South Australia region and neighbours Caveton, Mount Gambier, Mount Schank and Square Mile. Its 23 streets hold 304 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for Mount Gambier - East, an area that covers part of the suburb. It had 14,947 residents, a median age of 41 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,348 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,200 a month and the median rent $220 a week. Of 5,816 dwellings, 4,854 were separate houses, 573 semi-detached and 364 flats; 11 were other dwellings. Of the same 5,816, 1,867 were owned outright, 2,142 owned with a mortgage and 1,666 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Ob Flat

  • 14,947Peoplelive in the area
  • 41Median ageyears
  • $1,348Median household incomea week
  • $220Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses4,854
  • Townhouses and semis573
  • Flats and apartments364
  • Other11

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,200a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,867Owned with a mortgage 2,142Rented 1,666Other 141

Streets in Ob Flat

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.