Light
17,317 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 1,277 km², 35 suburbs. Council website: light.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
17,317
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.6% in a year
Density
14/km²
1,277 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$640k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$207
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
15.3 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
7 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
35
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
- 40
- Median household income
- $1,781/week
- Median rent
- $280/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,500/month
- Households renting
- 12.5%
- Average household
- 2.8 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 7 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 9 of 10
Suburbs
35 suburbs where Light holds most residents, plus 3 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hewett | 2,961 | All | 30% / 100% | 9 | |
| Kapunda | 2,947 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Freeling | 2,688 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Greenock | 1,199 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Roseworthy | 1,041 | All | – / 99% | 6 | |
| Gawler Belt | 1,000 | All | 30% / 98% | 7 | |
| Wasleys | 885 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Buchfelde | 193 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Rosedale (SA) | 190 | 41% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Ebenezer (SA) | 183 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Allendale North | 162 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Ward Belt | 158 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Seppeltsfield | 144 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Shea-Oak Log | 141 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Templers | 138 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Reeves Plains | 129 | 26% | 8% / 100% | 5 | |
| Marananga | 119 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Stone Well | 110 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Gawler River | 104 | All | 51% / 100% | 3 | |
| Kangaroo Flat (SA) | 104 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Daveyston | 85 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Hamilton (SA) | 82 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Fords | 81 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Magdala | 79 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Pinkerton Plains | 74 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Moppa | 69 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Bagot Well | 67 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Gomersal | 60 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Kingsford (SA) | 58 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Bethel | 52 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Hansborough | 47 | 29% | – / – | 4 | |
| St Kitts | 43 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Linwood | 41 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Koonunga | 38 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Nain | 32 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Woolsheds | 27 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Morn Hill | 12 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| St Johns | 8 | All | – / 100% | 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.
Flood planning land
30%
Over 4 of 38 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Bushfire-prone land
100%
Over 37 of 38 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →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
- Barker · Tony PASIN (LP)56%
- Spence · Matt BURNELL (ALP)27%
- Grey · Tom VENNING (LP)17%
State districts
- Ngadjuri65%
- Schubert · Ashton Hurn (LIB)35%
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. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.