Gawler Belt vs Ward Belt
Comparing Gawler Belt and Ward Belt, SA: Gawler Belt is more walkable (20 vs 0); Gawler Belt has more residents (1,000 vs 158); and Gawler Belt carries more flood risk (83 vs 31).
Which one suits you?
There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.
Families with school-age kids
Gawler Belt
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (48/100 vs 78/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Gawler Belt
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (19% vs 26%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Gawler Belt
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (16% vs 27%)
- has cheaper rent ($350/wk vs $425/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Gawler Belt is more walkable (20/100 vs 0/100)
- Ward Belt sits closer to the CBD (49.1 km vs 53.3 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Gawler Belt
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (20/100 vs 0/100)
- carries lower crime risk (48/100 vs 78/100)
- But Ward Belt has more residents already 65 and over (20% vs 13%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Gawler Belt and Ward Belt drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.
Side by side, out of 100
Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.
Demographics
Gawler Belt has more residents (1,000 vs 158); Gawler Belt has higher household incomes ($114,816 vs $82,316).
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,000 +84% vs other | 158 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +6.2% | +2.6% |
| Median age | 44 | 45 |
| Median household income | $114,816/yr +28% vs other | $82,316/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $350/wk | $425/wk +21% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.1%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.8%).
Where residents were born
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (8.0%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $825,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $272,500 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 47 days from 13 sales | — |
Zoning mix
Ward Belt has more rural and farming land (97% vs 79%).
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 79% | 97% |
| Residential | 20% | 0% |
| Parks and recreation | 0% | 3% |
| Industrial | 1% | 0% |
| Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09. | ||
Development activity
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 278 across Light same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +43% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 4.5% $740/wk on $864K | — |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within SA
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 89% of SA | Higher than 58% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 72% of SA | Higher than 21% of SA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 57% of SA same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 74% of SA | Higher than 71% of SA |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 87% of SA | — |
Liveability
Gawler Belt is more walkable (20 vs 0).
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | — |
| Score | 37/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 7/10 | below-average income decile 3/10 |
Risk profile
Gawler Belt carries more flood risk (83 vs 31); Ward Belt carries more crime risk (78 vs 48).
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 24/100 | Low 15/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 48/100 | High 78/100 |
| Flood | High 83/100 | Low 31/100 |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 2 within 5 km | 1 within 5 km |
Schools
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 1 | 0 |
Schools in Gawler Belt
- Xavier College - Head Campus Catholic · Secondary below peers
Schools in Ward Belt
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Mobility
Gawler Belt sits further from the CBD (53.3 km vs 49.1 km).
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 20/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 53.3 km +8% vs other | 49.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 42 min | 40 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.6% postcode 5118 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 76 postcode 5118 same for both | |
How people get to work
Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (85.6%).
Setting
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 68 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 43 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 25.7 km | 21.6 km |
NBN connectivity
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 49/100 | 37/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 16% 376 premises | 8% 66 premises |
Climate
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 404 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 30.0°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 6.6°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 5.5 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 18.7 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.31 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,297/yr same for both | |
| Council | Light same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Spence | Grey |
| Member | Matt Burnell | Tom Venning |
| Party | Australian Labor Party | Liberal |
First Home Owner Grant
| Gawler Belt | Ward Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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