Gawler
27,564 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 41 km², 12 suburbs. Council website: gawler.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to Aug 2026.
Population
27,564
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.3% in a year
Density
671/km²
41 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$565k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$112
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
11.8 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to Aug 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
4 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
12
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 41
- Median household income
- $1,324/week
- Median rent
- $285/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,350/month
- Households renting
- 27.3%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 4 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 4 of 10
Suburbs
12 suburbs where Gawler holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gawler East | 5,689 | All | $835kSept 2026 | 11% / 83% | 5 |
| Evanston Park | 4,228 | 98% | $740kSept 2026 | 12% / 86% | 4 |
| Willaston | 3,458 | All | $800kSept 2026 | 30% / 75% | 2 |
| Gawler South | 2,618 | All | $840kSept 2026 | 19% / 74% | 3 |
| Evanston | 2,580 | All | $690kSept 2026 | 31% / 45% | 1 |
| Evanston Gardens | 2,347 | All | $713kSept 2026 | 38% / 80% | 2 |
| Gawler West | 975 | All | $705kJune 2026 | 80% / 46% | 1 |
| Hillier | 814 | 94% | $776kJune 2026 | 41% / 100% | 2 |
| Evanston South | 765 | All | $710kSept 2026 | 21% / 93% | 5 |
| Gawler (SA) | 668 | All | $1.9MSept 2026 | 50% / 5% | 2 |
| Kudla | 551 | All | 42% / 100% | 3 | |
| Reid (SA) | 436 | All | $785kSept 2026 | 53% / 87% | 5 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 11 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending June 2026 to Sept 2026).
- Lowest suburb median
- $690k
- Median of suburb medians
- $776k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.9M
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Spence · Matt BURNELL (ALP)100%
State districts
- Light · Tony Piccolo (ALP)100%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 1 suburb of this council. An aggregate only: published at 3 or more cut listings council-wide (cuts in every crawled suburb count), and a suburb is named only when it has 3 of its own. Computed 8 Nov 2026; newest crawl observation 8 Nov 2026.
- Listings cut
- 7
- of 68 tracked
- Share cut
- 10.3%
- Typical cut
- 4.2%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Gawler East (7). All price drops →
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every South Australia council on the council map or the South Australia council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Asking-price cuts: Shorted listing crawl, aggregates only. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-11-05.