Suburb profile

Thorngate SA 5082

Thorngate is located in the Adelaide Central and Hills region of South Australia, postcode 5082. It has 73 properties across 5 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Thorngate, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Thorngate

Thorngate, SA 5082, sits in the Adelaide Central and Hills region and neighbours Fitzroy, North Adelaide, Prospect and Medindie. Its 5 streets hold 73 properties, 67 of them houses and 6 units.

Census figures are for Prospect, which has 15,785 residents, a median age of 37 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income is $2,019 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,950 a month and the median rent $350 a week. Of 6,042 dwellings, 4,135 are separate houses, 1,009 semi-detached, 874 flats and 14 other; 1,818 are owned outright, 2,008 owned with a mortgage and 2,054 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Thorngate

  • 15,785Peoplelive in the area
  • 37Median ageyears
  • $2,019Median household incomea week
  • $350Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses4,135
  • Townhouses and semis1,009
  • Flats and apartments874
  • Other14

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,950a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,818Owned with a mortgage 2,008Rented 2,054Other 162

Properties in Thorngate

Streets in Thorngate

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.