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SA · Lower Eyre Peninsula Council

Hawson, 5607

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  • Heritage area
  • Green suburb
  • Café precinct
  • Education hub
What Hawson is known for: Heritage area, Green suburb, Café precinct, Education hub

Suburb profile

Hawson is a residential smaller community in Lower Eyre Peninsula with a familiar suburban feel. Far from the capital hubbub, it offers genuine distance, local character and room to live at a slower pace. Retirees and empty-nesters are well represented here, with multiple generations sharing the same neighbourhood.

Homes offer solid value for the lifestyle on offer. Local identity runs deep. This is the kind of place people stay once they have found it.

This is a mature, settled pocket where the existing streetscape still defines the local character.

Population

Population
119
Median age
49
Median household income / week
$1,375
Dwelling vacancy
15.2%
Unoccupied private dwellings
7 of 46
Median monthly mortgage
$1,400
Employment rate
56.1%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
3 / 0 / 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.

Crime & safety

Total offences (2023–24)
2
Against the person
1
Against property
1
Rate per 1,000 residents
16.8
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 119 residents
State safety percentile
20.6th (lower crime is better)
Family & domestic abuse offences
25

Most common offence types

  • Property Damage By Fire Or Explosion1
  • Serious Assault Not Resulting In Injury1

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; 2023-24 → 2024-25; 2024-25 · Updated on site · Financial-year releases

Planning & development

Development applications from PlanSA register (lodged 2020–2026) and EPA licensed activities.

7 planning-related records

2024· 1 proposal

  • September 2024

  • Construction of a two storey detached dwelling and the conversion of an existing dwelling into ancillary accommodation
    243 LITTLE SWAMP LANE HAWSON SA 5607Decision Made
2022· 5 proposals

  • October 2022

  • Change of use of an existing detached dwelling to a dwelling for the purposes of aging in place, and the construction of a new single storey detached dwelling
    20 POUND LANE HAWSON SA 5607Under Assessment

  • May 2022

  • Variation to condition 2 on DA 932/176/2017 to allow the original dwelling to be retained as ancillary accommodation
    637 FLINDERS HWY HAWSON SA 5607Under Assessment
  • Installation of an inground fibreglass swimming pool
    348 LITTLE SWAMP LANE HAWSON SA 5607Decision Made

  • February 2022

  • Agricultural Building (storage of farming equipment)
    842 FLINDERS HWY HAWSON SA 5607Decision Made

  • January 2022

  • Verandah
    810 FLINDERS HWY HAWSON SA 5607Decision Made
Other· 1 proposal
  • SYNERGEN POWER PTY LIMITED
    OtherEPA licence

Contributes to desirability score · Future Growth (7%)

Development and planning activity

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.

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)
7/10
IRSD decile (2021)
8/10

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

Heritage

3 state heritage places

  • Heritage placeState heritage
  • Heritage placeState heritage
  • Heritage placeState heritage

Data sources & freshness

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
Overlay applies

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

Recent changes

  • Property Damage By Fire Or Explosioncrime1
  • Serious Assault Not Resulting In Injurycrime1
  • Heritage placeheritageState heritage
  • Heritage placeheritageState heritage
  • Heritage placeheritageState heritage
  • Agricultural Building (storage of farming equipment)planning842 FLINDERS HWY HAWSON SA 5607Lodged 21 Feb 2022 · Decision Made
  • Change of use of an existing detached dwelling to a dwelling for the purposes of aging in place, and the construction of a new single storey detached dwellingplanning20 POUND LANE HAWSON SA 5607Lodged 11 Oct 2022 · Under Assessment
  • Construction of a two storey detached dwelling and the conversion of an existing dwelling into ancillary accommodationplanning243 LITTLE SWAMP LANE HAWSON SA 5607Lodged 04 Sep 2024 · Decision Made
  • Installation of an inground fibreglass swimming poolplanning348 LITTLE SWAMP LANE HAWSON SA 5607Lodged 03 May 2022 · Decision Made
  • SYNERGEN POWER PTY LIMITEDplanningOtherEPA licence

Data sources & freshness

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