Happy Valley (SA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,332 people in Happy Valley (SA) of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Happy Valley (SA) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Happy Valley (SA) aged 15 years and over, 56.3% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Happy Valley (SA) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Happy Valley (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Happy Valley (SA) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Happy Valley (SA) 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.5% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 22.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Happy Valley (SA) were English 35.4%, Australian 30.8%, Scottish 6.6%, German 5.7% and Irish 5.7%.

In Happy Valley (SA), 78.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.4%, Scotland 1.0%, New Zealand 0.9%, Netherlands 0.7% and Germany 0.6%.

In Happy Valley (SA), 61.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Happy Valley (SA) were No Religion 33.9%, Catholic 15.2%, Anglican 14.5%, Uniting Church 10.8% and Lutheran 3.3%.

In Happy Valley (SA) 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Mandarin 0.5%, Greek 0.5%, Polish 0.4% and Italian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 6,259 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Happy Valley (SA). Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Happy Valley (SA), 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Happy Valley (SA) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Happy Valley (SA) included Professionals 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Managers 10.0%, Labourers 8.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Happy Valley (SA), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Hospitals 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Residential Care Services 3.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Happy Valley (SA) was $624.

In Happy Valley (SA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.5%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Bus 3.9%, Truck 0.9% and Motorbike/scooter 0.6%. On the day, 5.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Happy Valley (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 78.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.3% 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 Happy Valley (SA), 31.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Happy Valley (SA), 46.4% were couple families with children, 40.4% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Happy Valley (SA) 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Happy Valley (SA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,100 and those without children was $1,969.

Employment status of couple families

In Happy Valley (SA), of couple families with children, 20.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 27.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Happy Valley (SA), 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Happy Valley (SA), 88.8% were separate houses, 11.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Happy Valley (SA), of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 10.8% had 2 bedrooms and 60.7% 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 Happy Valley (SA), 31.9% were owned outright, 49.5% were owned with a mortgage and 11.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Happy Valley (SA), of all households, 77.1% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Happy Valley (SA), 18.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.6% 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 Happy Valley (SA), 31.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Happy Valley (SA), there were 55 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 38.2%) were male and 34 (or 61.8%) 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 Happy Valley (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,274.

In Happy Valley (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,100.