Gawler West SA 5118

Living Here

Gawler West is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 975 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $927 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 52% of households own their home and 47% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $625,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Gawler - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gawler West itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 9 schools

  • Gawler Primary School
  • Gawler and District College B-12
  • Immanuel Lutheran School Gawler
  • St Brigids School
  • Gawler East Primary School
  • Evanston Gardens Primary School
  • Xavier College
  • Trinity College
  • Hewett Primary School
• 18 cafés & restaurants

  • Gawler Heritage Cafe
  • Pizza Hut
  • Asian Central
  • Bamboo Hut Bistro
  • Cafe Nova
  • Gawler Palace Chinese Restaurant
  • Poetic Justice Cafe
  • Boost Juice
  • The Java Hut
  • Harvest of India

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• 5 supermarkets

  • Drakes
  • Woolworths
  • Coles
  • Coles
  • ALDI
• 6 parks

  • Fifth Street Reserve
  • Gawler & District Tennis Association Grounds
  • Elliot Goodger Memorial Park
  • Coleman Parade Park
  • Clonlea Park
  • Tingara Park
• 3 pharmacies

  • Gawler Pharmacy
  • TerryWhite Chemmart
  • National Pharmacies
• 8 doctors & medical clinics

  • Nunyara House Specialist Medical Centre
  • Adelaide Road Clinic
  • Clinpath Pathology Gawler
  • Gawler Medical Clinic
  • Murray Street Medical
  • Gawler GP Access Afterhours
  • Audika Hearing Clinic
  • Hyde and Partners Medical Centre
• 3 dentists

  • Ronan's Dental Laboratory
  • Dr Tom Keane Dental Surgery
  • Gawler Dental Clinic
• 2 physiotherapists

  • Physiowise
  • The Injury Hub
• 3 optometrists

  • OPSM
  • Specsavers
  • Ashley & Ruth Grace
• 1 hospital

  • Gawler Health Service
• 4 vets

  • Gawler South Small Animal Hospital
  • Gawler Animal Hospital
  • Greencross Vets
  • Gawler Veterinary Clinic
• 2 childcare & kindergartens

  • Goodstart Gawler South
  • Gawler Riverside Early Learning Centre
• 1 library

  • Gawler Public Library
• 2 post offices

  • Gawler Post Office
  • Willaston Post Office
• 6 service stations

  • Caltex
  • BP
  • AM/PM Willaston
  • EG Australia
  • OTR Evanston
  • Mobil
• 13 gyms & sports centres

  • Real Pilates- Studio
  • The Station Gym
  • GDNA Netball Courts
  • Pole 4 Fitness
  • Gawler Petanque Club
  • F45 Training
  • Gawler Bowling Club
  • Zap Fitness
  • Anytime Fitness
  • BFT

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• 2 golf clubs

  • North Lakes Golf Course
  • Sandy Creek Golf Club
• 4 bakeries

  • The Cheesecake Shop
  • Gawler South Bakery
  • Gawler Hot Bread Bakery
  • Bakers Delight
• 1 butcher

  • Goddard's Fine Meats
• 3 hardware stores

  • Mitre 10
  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Stratco Gawler
• 14 hairdressers

  • Ultimate Hair & Beauty
  • Little Red Door Hair Studio
  • Hair Bella
  • Fatboy Trims
  • Supercuts
  • Petite Pear Salon
  • Ministry of Hair
  • Dave The Barber
  • Dimentico Barber Lounge
  • Beast & Beauty Co

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• 1 beauty salon

  • The Eyebrow Studio
• 6 mechanics

  • Ultra Tune
  • Auto Masters
  • Gawler Bodyworks
  • Les Haldane Mechanical
  • Willaston Auto Body Repairs
  • Northern Star Diesel Service
• 1 electrician

  • Town & Country Solar
• 4 places to stay

  • Church Hill Mews
  • Eagle Foundry Bed and Breakfast
  • Gawler Caravan Park
  • The Church

Getting around. Train station: Gawler, 550 m south-east · Bus interchange: Smithfield Interchange, 9.7 km south-west · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 41.8 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Metropolitan Median House Sales, Valuer-General South Australia.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 16.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 7.9% · Labour-force participation 48.9%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

7,925 bird observations recorded near Gawler West — most often seen:

• House Sparrow (393)
• Eurasian Blackbird (390)
• Australian Magpie (368)
• Common Starling (339)
• Rock Dove (330)
• Little Raven (325)
• Southern Magpie-lark (304)
• Noisy Miner (292)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (288)
• Eastern Crested Pigeon (281)
• Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (273)
• Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (271)
• Crested Pigeon (268)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Gawler West:

• Gawler South (1 km)
• Reid (1 km)
• Gawler (1.2 km)
• Evanston (1.4 km)
• Buchfelde (2.2 km)
• Willaston (2.2 km)
• Gawler East (2.5 km)
• Evanston Park (2.6 km)

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