Lewiston SA 5501
Lewiston is in Adelaide Plains LGA, SA, postcode 5501, with population 3,275.
Usable evidence
Lewiston is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Population growth, and Building approvals. Treat Property prices, Schools, and Hospitals as the main gap before this becomes a stronger decision page.
Weekly rent screens at about 44% of annual income. Income and rent use area-level data, so household-level affordability can differ.
Open matching rent ranking →93 latest-year approvals in Adelaide Plains, +0.0% YoY; population +3.8% YoY (3.9% 5yr).
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Release-based suburb price series, not a live market feed
Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.
Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
Income-stretched rent market
Weekly rent screens at about 44% of annual income. Snapshot rent $500/wk.
Income and rent use area-level data, so household-level affordability can differ.
Lewiston is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Population growth, and Building approvals. Treat Property prices, Schools, and Hospitals as the main gap before this becomes a stronger decision page.
Use compare before shortlisting so the missing evidence is balanced against nearby suburbs.
Market rent, Crime, Population growth, Building approvals
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Schools, Hospitals, Transport
Lewiston currently reads as a thin-context candidate.
Population movement supports a growth-led read. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.
Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.
Population movement supports a growth-led read.
The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.
Property prices, Schools, Transport
Use as context
This page stays indexable because Lewiston is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.
Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.
The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.
Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.
This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.
This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.
If Lewiston feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
pop same · rent -$200/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
pop -2200 · rent -$222/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
- Buyers want a quick sense of price, schools, and neighbourhood scale before getting lost in data.
- Investors want to know whether rent, yield, and affordability broadly support the suburb story.
- Researchers want one place that ties property, demographics, transport, and services together.
Price history
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Full data detail
Lewiston SA
Lewiston is a smaller suburb in South Australia within the Adelaide Plains local government area (postcode 5501). With a population of 3,275, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $99K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.8% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 23 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 11 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, clerical & administrative, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $500. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,690.
The crime rate in the Adelaide Plains LGA is below average at 2,840 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +3.8% year-on-year indicates strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Lewiston is a smaller suburb in South Australia within the Adelaide Plains local government area (postcode 5501). With a population of 3,275, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $99K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.8% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 23 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 11 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, clerical & administrative, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $500. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,690.
The crime rate in the Adelaide Plains LGA is below average at 2,840 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +3.8% year-on-year indicates strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Lewiston FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Lewiston in?
Lewiston is in the Adelaide Plains Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5501. Council-level context for Adelaide Plains LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Lewiston?
The median weekly rent in Lewiston is $500/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is income-stretched rent market.
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What does the rent signal say about Lewiston?
Income-stretched rent market: Weekly rent screens at about 44% of annual income. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
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Is Lewiston a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Lewiston show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Lewiston?
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
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How often is the Lewiston data updated?
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.