[1] Gbawe is located a few kilometres west of Accra in the Ga South Municipal Assembly.

At the Ghana census of 26 March 2000, the population was 28,989 inhabitants living in the Town.

Projections of 1 January 2007 estimated the population to be 52,910 inhabitants.

In the census of 1984, only 837 residents were listed, and in 1970 it was the 608th largest settlement in Ghana.

Today the Town has a more rural structure in the large-scale marked suburban development areas.