South Australia

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,596,572 people in South Australia of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in South Australia was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.1% of the population.

Of people in South Australia aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Australia was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In South Australia, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Australia was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In South Australia 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.8% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 22.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Australia were English 29.3%, Australian 26.5%, Scottish 6.2%, German 6.0% and Irish 5.8%.

In South Australia, 73.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, Italy 1.3%, India 1.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.0% and Scotland 0.9%.

In South Australia, 56.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Australia were No Religion 28.1%, Catholic 19.9%, Anglican 12.6%, Uniting Church 8.9% and Lutheran 4.5%.

In South Australia 81.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.1%, Greek 1.6%, Mandarin 1.0%, Vietnamese 1.0% and Cantonese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 784,328 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Australia. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Australia, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Australia was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in South Australia included Professionals 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Managers 12.6%, Labourers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in South Australia, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8% and Residential Care Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Australia was $534.

In South Australia, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Bus 4.1%, Walked only 3.2% and Bicycle 1.0%. On the day, 6.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Australia, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.8% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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 South Australia, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Australia, 41.5% were couple families with children, 40.6% were couple families without children and 16.3% were one parent families.

In South Australia 18.9% of single parents were male and 81.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Australia, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,130 and those without children was $1,906.

Employment status of couple families

In South Australia, of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Australia, 88.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Australia, 79.9% were separate houses, 10.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In South Australia, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 19.6% had 2 bedrooms and 53.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Australia, 32.8% were owned outright, 35.3% were owned with a mortgage and 27.9% were rented.

Household composition

In South Australia, of all households, 68.5% were family households, 27.9% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In South Australia, 27.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.3% 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 South Australia, 36.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Australia, there were 30,430 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14,971 (or 49.2%) were male and 15,459 (or 50.8%) were female. The median age was 22 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 South Australia, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $842.

In South Australia, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $166 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,306.