Croydon Park (SA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,998 people in Croydon Park (SA) of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Croydon Park (SA) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in Croydon Park (SA) aged 15 years and over, 40.7% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Croydon Park (SA) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Croydon Park (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 39.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Croydon Park (SA) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Croydon Park (SA) 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.5% were in primary school, 16.2% in secondary school and 30.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Croydon Park (SA) were Australian 13.4%, English 13.1%, Vietnamese 11.3%, Italian 7.0% and Greek 6.2%.

In Croydon Park (SA), 47.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 10.4%, India 4.8%, Greece 2.9%, Italy 2.8% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.1%.

In Croydon Park (SA), 27.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 65.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Croydon Park (SA) were Catholic 26.1%, No Religion 15.4%, Buddhism 12.5%, Eastern Orthodox 10.4% and Islam 4.7%.

In Croydon Park (SA) 40.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 14.5%, Greek 6.8%, Italian 4.4%, Khmer 2.1% and Punjabi 2.0%.

Employment

There were 1,711 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Croydon Park (SA). Of these 50.9% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 10.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Croydon Park (SA), 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 30.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Croydon Park (SA) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Croydon Park (SA) included Labourers 17.9%, Professionals 14.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0% and Managers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Croydon Park (SA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.5%, Hospitals 4.3%, School Education 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Croydon Park (SA) was $370.

In Croydon Park (SA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.2%, Bus 8.4%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 2.6% and Bicycle 1.2%. On the day, 11.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Croydon Park (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.2% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.0% 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 Croydon Park (SA), 21.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Croydon Park (SA), 40.9% were couple families with children, 32.5% were couple families without children and 22.0% were one parent families.

In Croydon Park (SA) 15.9% of single parents were male and 84.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Croydon Park (SA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,589 and those without children was $1,722.

Employment status of couple families

In Croydon Park (SA), of couple families with children, 15.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 14.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Croydon Park (SA), 90.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Croydon Park (SA), 78.1% were separate houses, 7.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Croydon Park (SA), of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 29.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Croydon Park (SA), 33.7% were owned outright, 23.0% were owned with a mortgage and 36.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Croydon Park (SA), of all households, 62.1% were family households, 31.5% were single person households and 6.4% were group households.

In Croydon Park (SA), 37.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Croydon Park (SA), 34.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Croydon Park (SA), there were 63 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 55.6%) were male and 28 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Croydon Park (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $666.

In Croydon Park (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $167 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.