SA Remainder of State/Territory

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 136,802 people in SA Remainder of State/Territory of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in SA Remainder of State/Territory was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.2% of the population.

Of people in SA Remainder of State/Territory aged 15 years and over, 58.3% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in SA Remainder of State/Territory was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In SA Remainder of State/Territory, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in SA Remainder of State/Territory was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In SA Remainder of State/Territory 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.3% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in SA Remainder of State/Territory were English 31.4%, Australian 31.2%, German 9.2%, Scottish 6.7% and Irish 5.8%.

In SA Remainder of State/Territory, 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, New Zealand 0.8%, Germany 0.6%, Scotland 0.5% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In SA Remainder of State/Territory, 73.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in SA Remainder of State/Territory were No Religion 28.0%, Catholic 14.2%, Uniting Church 13.6%, Anglican 12.7% and Lutheran 9.9%.

In SA Remainder of State/Territory 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.8%, Italian 0.8%, Pitjantjatjara 0.5%, German 0.4% and Vietnamese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 72,163 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in SA Remainder of State/Territory. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in SA Remainder of State/Territory, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in SA Remainder of State/Territory was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in SA Remainder of State/Territory included Managers 28.2%, Professionals 13.3%, Labourers 13.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5% and Sales Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in SA Remainder of State/Territory, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.9%, School Education 4.7%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.0%, Hospitals 2.7% and Road Freight Transport 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in SA Remainder of State/Territory was $529.

In SA Remainder of State/Territory, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.9%, Walked only 5.7%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Truck 1.6% and Other 1.5%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In SA Remainder of State/Territory, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in SA Remainder of State/Territory, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in SA Remainder of State/Territory, 44.9% were couple families with children, 45.2% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In SA Remainder of State/Territory 29.4% of single parents were male and 70.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In SA Remainder of State/Territory, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,834 and those without children was $1,555.

Employment status of couple families

In SA Remainder of State/Territory, of couple families with children, 21.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In SA Remainder of State/Territory, 74.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in SA Remainder of State/Territory, 97.5% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In SA Remainder of State/Territory, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 13.5% had 2 bedrooms and 48.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in SA Remainder of State/Territory, 44.6% were owned outright, 35.3% were owned with a mortgage and 16.7% were rented.

Household composition

In SA Remainder of State/Territory, of all households, 77.1% were family households, 21.1% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In SA Remainder of State/Territory, 25.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In SA Remainder of State/Territory, 21.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In SA Remainder of State/Territory, there were 3,471 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,767 (or 50.9%) were male and 1,704 (or 49.1%) were female. The median age was 26 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In SA Remainder of State/Territory, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $828.

In SA Remainder of State/Territory, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $60 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.