$250 ▲ +100.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $125
- 2016: $200
- 2021: $250
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Gawler · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Gawler
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Far more people own their homes outright in Gawler than in most similar areas. This is a place of large, detached houses where housing costs are generally low, with a typical monthly mortgage of $1,300.
$250
▲ +100.0%
- $0–$25: 37 areas
- $25–$50: 86 areas
- $50–$75: 199 areas
- $75–$100: 214 areas
- $100–$125: 525 areas
- $125–$150: 343 areas
- $150–$175: 699 areas
- $175–$200: 597 areas
- $200–$225: 1183 areas
- $225–$250: 724 areas
- $250–$275: 1277 areas
- $275–$300: 787 areas
- $300–$325: 1282 areas
- $325–$350: 618 areas
- $350–$375: 935 areas
- $375–$400: 570 areas
- $400–$425: 763 areas
- $425–$450: 288 areas
- $450–$475: 415 areas
- $475–$500: 176 areas
- $500–$525: 204 areas
- $525–$550: 79 areas
- $550–$575: 125 areas
- $575–$600: 70 areas
- $600–$625: 97 areas
- $625–$650: 21 areas
- $650–$675: 54 areas
- $675–$700: 145 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Gawler — lower than 60% of areas.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Weekly rent is $250, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure and well below the national average. Typical monthly home-loan payments are also well below the Australian figure at $1,300.
$1,300 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,300
- 2016: $1,300
- 2021: $1,300
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Weekly rent distribution
View on map →In Gawler, $200–$349 is the majority at 85%; Under $200 is next at 15%.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →In Gawler, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 55%; Under $1,000 is next at 21%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very high here, with 46.2% of homes owned outright—far above the national figure of 31.0%. Only 6.2% of households rent, which is far below both the state and national averages.
6.2% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
46.2% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.5%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →Gawler splits fairly evenly between Owned outright (47%) and Owned with a mortgage (46%), with Rented at 6%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 98.5% of all homes, a figure far above the national average. Most of these are large, with 85.0% having three or more bedrooms, which is far above the state and national figures.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.10
- 2016: 0.80
- 2021: 0.80
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
98.5% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 100.0%
- 2016: 97.8%
- 2021: 98.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
85.0% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 88.4%
- 2016: 88.7%
- 2021: 85.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In Gawler, 3 bedrooms is the majority at 56%; 4 bedrooms is next at 28%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60222/gawler/topic/housing-dwellings