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Housing
colonel light gardens
South Australia · Census 2021
$1.67M
-2.5% yr · median house · June 2026
Colonel Light Gardens is a leafy residential suburb of Mitcham.
Median house price
People
Population
3,311
Median age
42 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,042
Household income / wk
$2,491
Housing
Median rent / wk
$400
Mortgage / month
$2,173
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 52%
- Top language at home
- Greek · 2%
- No religion
- 52%
- Born overseas
- 14%
- English only at home
- 92%
Local amenities
Amenity score
19/100
Schools
2
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
8
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
2
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.6 km
Nearest train
1.5 km
Nearest hospital
4.3 km
Distance to coast
7.7 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
1
Independent
0
Primary
2
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
1.1 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Mitcham
- Council population
- 66,083
- Council area
- 76 km²
- Density
- 875/km²
- Federal grants
- $2.94M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $44/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Boothby
- Federal MP
- Louise Miller-Frost (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 61% 2PP
- State electorate
- Elder
- State MP
- Nadia Clancy (ALP)
Similar suburbs
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