Mawson Lakes, South Australia

Mawson Lakes Adelaide, South Australia
Entrance to The Cascades residential village from Salisbury Highway, Mawson Lakes
Population	13,794 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established	1998
Postcode(s)	5095[2]
Area	6.37 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Location	12 km (7 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s)	City of Salisbury
State electorate(s)	Playford
Federal division(s)	Makin
Suburbs around Mawson Lakes: Green Fields Parafield Gardens Para Hills West Dry Creek Mawson Lakes Ingle Farm Cavan Pooraka Ingle Farm

Mawson Lakes is a residential suburb in the City of Salisbury, Adelaide, Australia. Named in honour of Sir Douglas Mawson, it is located in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, approx. 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the Adelaide CBD.

Much of the suburb was previously known as The Levels, and was a non-residential area, housing a campus of the University of South Australia.

In 1998, Delfin (later acquired by, and subsumed into, Lendlease) entered into a partnership with the Government of South Australia and the City of Salisbury to redevelop most of the area into a mixed-use, largely self-contained suburb featuring housing, retail, commercial and education precincts.^[3]

Similar to the large tidal lake at West Lakes, Mawson Lakes features the 7-hectare (17-acre) Sir Douglas Mawson Lake, a recreation lake which is the centrepiece of the residential portion of the development — and forms part of the suburb's namesake.