Hawson SA 5607
50 addresses · 9 streets
Grey Electorate › Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA › Hawson · 258 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Hawson is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 119 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $238 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Eyre Peninsula statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hawson itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Bus interchange: Premier Stateliner, 7.2 km south-east · Airport: Port Lincoln Airport, 11.9 km north-east.
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.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 7.9% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 7.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 57.9%
Population by age in Hawson
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 23 |
| 55-64 | 21 |
| 65-74 | 16 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Hawson
| House | 45 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Hawson
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Hawson
| English | 58 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 43 |
| German | 27 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
| Other | 9 |
Housing tenure in Hawson
| Owned | 23 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Hawson
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Hawson
| Car | 43 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,276 bird observations recorded near Hawson — most often seen:
- Eastern Galah (89)
- Common Starling (84)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (83)
- Western Red Wattlebird (81)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (70)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (67)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (65)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (56)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (56)
- Eurasian Blackbird (47)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (45)
- Birds (44)
- Common Bronzewing (41)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hawson
- House Sparrow (37)
- South Australian Silvereye (37)
- Australian Wood Duck (33)
- Little Raven (32)
- Eastern Cape Barren Goose (31)
- Western Striated Pardalote (31)
- White-faced Heron (31)
- Southern Weebill (28)
- Brown Currawong (26)
- Nullarbor Coast Spotted Scrubwren (24)
- Eastern Osprey (22)
- Pacific Black Duck (22)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (20)
- Diamond Firetail (19)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (19)
- Cape Barren Goose (18)
- Chestnut Teal (18)
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 Hawson:
- Tootenilla (3.2 km)
- Duck Ponds (4 km)
- Boston (4 km)
- Tiatukia (5.5 km)
- Coomunga (7.4 km)
- Port Lincoln (7.8 km)
- Uley (8.5 km)
- North Shields (10 km)
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Streets
- Chapman Road (3)
- Flinders Highway (15)
- Little Swamp Lane (14)
- Pendale Road (2)
- Pines Road (1)
- Pound Lane (2)
- Schwerdt Lane (4)
- Western Approach Road (5)
- Wine Shanty Road (4)
