North Adelaide

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,678 people in North Adelaide of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in North Adelaide was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.5% of the population.

Of people in North Adelaide aged 15 years and over, 35.5% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Adelaide was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In North Adelaide, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Adelaide was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In North Adelaide 36.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 8.8% were in primary school, 6.4% in secondary school and 60.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Adelaide were English 26.7%, Australian 19.1%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 7.5% and German 6.0%.

In North Adelaide, 64.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, India 3.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.1%, Malaysia 1.9% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In North Adelaide, 50.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Adelaide were No Religion 29.0%, Catholic 18.8%, Anglican 15.0%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Lutheran 3.9%.

In North Adelaide 74.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.9%, Greek 1.6%, Italian 1.2%, Hindi 1.0% and Cantonese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 3,551 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Adelaide. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Adelaide, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Adelaide was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in North Adelaide included Professionals 40.7%, Managers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.9%, Labourers 4.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in North Adelaide, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.7%, Tertiary Education 6.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4% and School Education 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Adelaide was $722.

In North Adelaide, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.5%, Walked only 15.5%, Bus 8.3%, Car, as passenger 4.3% and Bicycle 2.6%. On the day, 9.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 51.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Adelaide, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.5% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.2% 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 North Adelaide, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Adelaide, 25.9% were couple families with children, 61.6% were couple families without children and 8.0% were one parent families.

In North Adelaide 23.7% of single parents were male and 76.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Adelaide, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,258 and those without children was $2,568.

Employment status of couple families

In North Adelaide, of couple families with children, 23.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 16.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Adelaide, 85.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Adelaide, 25.3% were separate houses, 38.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 36.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In North Adelaide, of occupied private dwellings 14.1% had 1 bedroom, 43.8% had 2 bedrooms and 29.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Adelaide, 30.8% were owned outright, 18.3% were owned with a mortgage and 47.6% were rented.

Household composition

In North Adelaide, of all households, 51.6% were family households, 38.5% were single person households and 9.9% were group households.

In North Adelaide, 17.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.3% 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 North Adelaide, 49.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Adelaide, there were 52 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 36.5%) were male and 33 (or 63.5%) were female. The median age was 20 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 North Adelaide, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,937.

In North Adelaide, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,100.