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mawson lakes
South Australia · Census 2021
$920k
+9.5% yr · median house · June 2026
Located 5.4 km from the coast in the City of Salisbury, Mawson Lakes features 52 nearby parks, an extensive lake system, and a prominent Vietnamese-speaking community.
Median house price
People
Population
13,794
Median age
33 yrs
Income / person / wk
$915
Household income / wk
$1,940
Housing
Median rent / wk
$360
Mortgage / month
$1,659
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 36%
- Top language at home
- Vietnamese · 2%
- No religion
- 36%
- Born overseas
- 43%
- English only at home
- 57%
Local amenities
Amenity score
100/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
2
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
52
Libraries
1
GP clinics
6
Pharmacies
2
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.4 km
Nearest train
0.8 km
Nearest hospital
6.8 km
Distance to coast
5.4 km
NBN
Satellite
Grocery mix: 1 Woolworths · 1 Aldi. 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
0
Independent
1
Primary
1
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
1.0 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Salisbury
- Council population
- 142,905
- Council area
- 160 km²
- Density
- 894/km²
- Federal grants
- $10.32M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $72/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Makin
- Federal MP
- Tony Zappia (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 65% 2PP
- State electorate
- Florey
- State MP
- Michael Brown (ALP)
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