SA · Northern Areas Council
Gladstone (SA), SA, 5473
Current weather
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Desirability score
Suburb snapshot
Gladstone (SA) is a small locality in the Northern Areas area, home to around 745 residents (2021 Census). Available data shows 24 offences in 2024–25 (Jul–Jun) with falling year-on-year trends (-31%), roughly 32.2 offences per 1,000 residents, median weekly rent around $464 (flats $128, houses $800), 3 school and preschool sites in the area, limited but present public transport access, fewer mapped amenities than nearby suburbs, and notable planning and development activity on record. See the sections below for population, safety, schools and local activity.
Population
- Population
- 745
- Median age
- 51
- Median household income / week
- $935
- Dwelling vacancy
- 17.5%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 68 of 388
- Median monthly mortgage
- $650
- Employment rate
- 43.5%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 35 / 12 / 0
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 Census release
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Housing
- Flats / units (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)
- $128
- Houses (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)
- $800
- All types (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)
- $464
Median weekly rent from SA Housing Authority rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- SA Housing Authority rent & sales reports — Government of South Australia · Period: 1 January - 31 March 2026 · Updated on site · Quarterly releases
Crime & safety
- Total offences (2024–25)
- 24
- Against the person
- 6
- Against property
- 18
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 32.2
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 124 residents
- State safety percentile
- 46.6th (lower crime is better)
- Family & domestic abuse offences
- 6
- Decrease (daily rate)
- -31.2%
Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.
Reported offences by period
Most common offence types
- Abduction, Harassment And Other Offences2
- Obtain Benefit By Deception2
- Other Property Damage And Environmental7
- Other Theft3
- Theft From Motor Vehicle2
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- SAPOL reported crime statistics — South Australia Police — OpenData · Period: 2023-24 → 2024-25; 2024-25 · Updated on site · Financial-year releases
Schools & preschools
- Schools & preschools
- 3 (2 schools, 1 preschools)
- Median school ICSEA (3 schools)
- 980
- Gladstone High SchoolSecondary · ICSEA 967
- Gladstone Kindergarten2 West TerracePreschools
- Gladstone Primary SchoolPrimary · ICSEA 980
- St Joseph's Parish SchoolPrimary · ICSEA 1046
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- Government education sites register — Government of South Australia · Period: current · Updated on site · Static register
- School ICSEA (ACARA) — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · Period: 2025 · Updated on site · Annual ACARA release
Public transport
1 public transport stops in this suburb
- Gladstone St / Bondowie St - East side (Hanleys- Gladstone)
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- Adelaide Metro GTFS stops — Department for Infrastructure and Transport (SA) · Period: current · Updated on site · GTFS static feed
Planning & development
Development applications from PlanSA register (lodged 2020–2026) and EPA licensed activities.
71 planning-related records
2026· 3 proposals
June 2026
- Verandah - 6000mm Wide x 11400mm Long x 3000mm High Woodland Grey12 BONDOWIE ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Under Assessment
March 2026
- Installation of a fire escape to the second story of 5 Port Street Gladstone.5 PORT ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Under Assessment
January 2026
- New Colorbond Shed 14.63mL x 9.14mW x 3mH Colour: Woodland Grey - all materials Purpose: Storage of Vehicles and Domestic Items Stormwater to 2 x 22000L Tanks to be installed with shed31 SIXTH ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
2025· 15 proposals
December 2025
- 4 x 2 bedroom relocatable cabins and 1 x 3 bedroom relocatable cabin. All bedrooms with ensuite shower, toilet, basin. 1 x Dining/kitchen/ laundry relocatable unit. Parking spaces for 11 residents and 2 guest parks Some minimal screen fencing.9 PORT ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Under Assessment
- Timber frame addition to existing dwelling50 HIGH ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Under Assessment
November 2025
- Outbuilding30 FIFTH ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
- Erect a Stratco large span shed 15m L x 10m W x 3.6m H43 MILL ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
October 2025
- Adding a bathroom-laundry room with toilet, bath, shower, double vanity and washer dryer space. Also adding a front veranda to the granny flat.17 ASH CR GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
September 2025
- New Colorbond Shed 8mL x 5mW x 2.6mH Colour: Wallaby Roller Door, Woodland Grey all other Materials Purpose: Storage of Tools and Domestic Items Stormwater to Garden7 HIGH ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
- Single storey detached dwelling with front deck and verandahLOT 3 MATTHEW ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
June 2025
- Create an additonal allotment by separating each piece onto it's own title.LOT 98 BONDOWIE ST GLADSTONE SA 5473;LOT 99 BONDOWIE ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
- Erect a 3 bay carport with all open sides to park cars under.23 MATTHEW ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
April 2025
- Erect a steel frame semi attached carport along southern side of house to park cars under. Carport to be designed and built by Brett Cunningham Builder.8 HIGH ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
March 2025
- Alterations to existing shed including new barn doors & cladding to enclose, new concrete slab + kitchen/bathroom amenities24 FIFTH ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Under Assessment
- Colorbond Domestic Outbuilding 9.1m x 6.1m x 3m16 NORTH TCE GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
February 2025
- Remove existing timber frame pergola and replace with steel frame verandah attached to existing dwelling38 HOLLYWOOD DR GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
January 2025
- CARPORT12 HIGH ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
- Single storey detached dwelling12 BONDOWIE ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
2024· 13 proposals
December 2024
- Outbuilding with attached veranda and carport (total dimensions 12m x 12m x 3.3m wall/2.677m post heights)55 MILL ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
November 2024
- New Colorbond Shed 16m x 10m x 3.9m high10 WASHINGTON ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
- clear space, erect colourbond shed: -7.7mx12.2mx3.6m high - The shed will need to be this high to fit in caravan -13 degree pitch roof -Colorbond -Front gable sliding doors -LH aluminum sliding door 2100x1810 -100mm concrete slab to internal area of shed -Earth works, base & concrete included49 FIFTH ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
September 2024
- New Club House1543 HUDDLESTON RD GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
July 2024
- Double garage to the rear right corner on the rear and right boundary fences.6 HIGH ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
June 2024
- Lentil Classification Laboratory - utilising the previous site weighbridge building to complement existing classification infrastructure.16251 HORROCKS HWY GLADSTONE SA 5473Under Assessment
- Detached Dwelling16 NORTH TCE GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
February 2024
- 7m x 5m verandah on the eastern end of the Clubhouse, a 22.7m x 3m shelter constructed parrallel to and adjacent to bowling greenLOT 114 CROSS ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
- DOMESTIC GABLE SHED WITH ATTACHED VERANDAH1 CENTRE ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
- Colorbond Shed 15m x 6m x 3.6m Colour: Surfmist Purpose: Storage of Caravan, Domestic Items Colorbond Carport 7m x 6m x 3m Colour Dover White - all materials Purpose: Storage of Vehicles, Shade to House42 ASH CR GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
January 2024
- Replace a derelict shed with a new one using the same site51 MILL ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
- A 12.2 metre by 6.2 metre shed,including a rainwater tank.30 NORTH TCE GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
- Freestanding carport and verandah8 FIFTH ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
2023· 9 proposals
December 2023
- Supply & install new steel-frame verandah over concrete on front of house. Structure to be joined to existing carport.69 HIGH ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
November 2023
- New gym, carport, and swimming pool44 GLADSTONE ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
October 2023
- As part of the Silver to Sea Way Project, the National Trust of South Australia is enhancing Gladstone Gaol with a nighttime interactive experience. Illuminart Productions, experts in audiovisual content and technology, will collaborate with the Trust to develop and deliver this project. Their expertise in creating immersive digital media for events, art installations, and tourism offers an opportunity to tell historical stories in a contemporary medium. The objectives of this project are as fol10 WARD ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
September 2023
- Verandah (6.1m x 6.1m)166 IDLIB RD GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
August 2023
- Colorbond Shed47 PORT ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
- Construction of a Machinery Shed9 BLACK RD GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
July 2023
- 21m wide x 9.1m deep x 3.6m high colourbond with storeroom and toilet8 MATTHEW ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
February 2023
- Stratco Verandah39 BONDOWIE ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
January 2023
- Construct 3 bedroom brick veneer dwelling.44 HIGH ST GLADSTONE SA 5473Decision Made
Contributes to desirability score · Future Growth (7%)
Development and planning activity
Data sources & freshness
- PlanSA development applications & EPA licences — Government of South Australia — PlanSA · Period: 2020–2026 · Updated on site
Amenities
6 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
- Playground
- Post office
- Public toilets
- IGA GladstoneSupermarket
48 Gladstone Street
- TelstraTelephone
- GladstoneTrain station
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe).
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
Socio-economic (SEIFA)
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 1/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 1/10
SEIFA indexes from ABS 2021. Decile 10 = most advantaged / least disadvantaged in Australia.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 SEIFA release
Heritage
8 state heritage places
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Data sources & freshness
- SA Heritage Places database — Department for Environment and Water (SA) · Period: current · Updated on site
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- Overlay applies
- Bushfire safer places
- 1
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid against all current SA Planning risk layers (high, medium, general, urban interface, regional, outback). Safer places from CFS designated locations.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Bushfire & hazard overlays (SA) — Government of South Australia · Period: current · Updated on site
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 4
- Parks (OSM)
- 1
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover features — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
Desirability index
- Desirability score
- 28.7/100
- National rank
- 5376th in Australia
- State rank
- 539th in SA
- Peer rank
- #91 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #166 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 85%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived score) · Period: current · Updated on site · Derived from source metrics
Recent changes
- Abduction, Harassment And Other Offencescrime2
- Obtain Benefit By Deceptioncrime2
- Other Property Damage And Environmentalcrime7
- Other Theftcrime3
- Theft From Motor Vehiclecrime2
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Data sources & freshness
- SA Heritage Places database — Department for Environment and Water (SA) · Updated on site
- SAPOL reported crime statistics — South Australia Police — OpenData · Updated on site · Financial-year releases
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