Ward Belt SA 5118

Living Here

Ward Belt is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 158 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,583 a week, with median rent near $425 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Xavier College
  • Gawler Primary School
  • Evanston Gardens Primary School
• 1 physiotherapist

  • The Injury Hub
• 3 optometrists

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

  • Gawler Health Service
• 4 vets

  • Gawler Veterinary Clinic
  • Greencross Vets
  • Gawler Animal Hospital
  • Gawler South Small Animal Hospital
• 1 library

  • Gawler Public Library
• 1 golf club

  • North Lakes Golf Course
• 3 hardware stores

  • Stratco Gawler
  • Mitre 10
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 3 mechanics

  • Gawler Bodyworks
  • Les Haldane Mechanical
  • Willaston Auto Body Repairs
• 1 electrician

  • Town & Country Solar
• 4 places to stay

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

Getting around. Train station: Gawler Oval, 4.6 km east · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 42.1 km south.

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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.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 1.7% 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 2.6% · Labour-force participation 61.1%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,604 bird observations recorded near Ward Belt — most often seen:

• House Sparrow (81)
• Eastern Crested Pigeon (79)
• Southern Magpie-lark (79)
• Southern Willie Wagtail (79)
• Common Starling (78)
• Australian Magpie (77)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (72)
• Rock Dove (70)
• Spotted Turtle-dove (66)
• Crested Pigeon (63)
• Magpie-lark (60)
• Little Raven (59)
• Pacific Black Duck (53)

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 Ward Belt:

• Buchfelde (2.9 km)
• Reid (3.7 km)
• Gawler Belt (3.9 km)
• Hillier (4.2 km)
• Gawler West (4.5 km)
• Willaston (4.5 km)
• Kangaroo Flat (4.8 km)
• Gawler River (5 km)

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