Alberton (SA)

2016 Census All persons QuickStats
Geography type State Suburbs
Area code SSC40007
People 1,818
Male 49.6%
Female 50.4%
Median age 44
Families 503
Average children per family  null
for families with children 1.7
for all households (a) 0.6
All private dwellings 932
Average people per household 2.2
Median weekly household income $1,123
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,498
Median weekly rent $250
Average motor vehicles per dwelling 1.5

(a) This label has been updated to more accurately reflect the Census concept shown in this data item. The data has not changed.

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People

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Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People
Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Male 902 49.6 825,997 49.3 11,546,638 49.3
Female 915 50.4 850,652 50.7 11,855,248 50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 70 3.8 34,184 2.0 649,171 2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 1,818 people in Alberton (SA). Of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

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Age Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median age 44 -- 40 -- 38 --
0-4 years 79 4.4 97,072 5.8 1,464,779 6.3
5-9 years 79 4.4 100,466 6.0 1,502,646 6.4
10-14 years 89 4.9 95,461 5.7 1,397,183 6.0
15-19 years 97 5.3 100,686 6.0 1,421,595 6.1
20-24 years 103 5.7 107,986 6.4 1,566,793 6.7
25-29 years 135 7.4 107,361 6.4 1,664,602 7.1
30-34 years 139 7.7 110,751 6.6 1,703,847 7.3
35-39 years 103 5.7 102,818 6.1 1,561,679 6.7
40-44 years 105 5.8 106,650 6.4 1,583,257 6.8
45-49 years 130 7.2 113,619 6.8 1,581,455 6.8
50-54 years 149 8.2 113,272 6.8 1,523,551 6.5
55-59 years 151 8.3 111,896 6.7 1,454,332 6.2
60-64 years 131 7.2 102,028 6.1 1,299,397 5.6
65-69 years 107 5.9 96,286 5.7 1,188,999 5.1
70-74 years 76 4.2 72,563 4.3 887,716 3.8
75-79 years 45 2.5 53,885 3.2 652,657 2.8
80-84 years 55 3.0 39,374 2.3 460,549 2.0
85 years and over 42 2.3 44,479 2.7 486,842 2.1

The median age of people in Alberton (SA) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9% of the population.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Married 597 38.0 659,638 47.7 9,148,218 48.1
Separated 61 3.9 44,199 3.2 608,059 3.2
Divorced 205 13.0 127,916 9.2 1,626,890 8.5
Widowed 88 5.6 83,281 6.0 985,204 5.2
Never married 621 39.5 468,621 33.9 6,668,910 35.0

Of people in Alberton (SA) aged 15 years and over, 38.0% were married and 16.8% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 557 38.2 582,236 47.4 8,001,141 47.7
De facto marriage 175 12.0 126,020 10.3 1,751,731 10.4
Not married 728 49.9 520,539 42.4 7,024,973 41.9

In Alberton (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 38.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.0% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Preschool 14 3.1 20,292 4.2 347,621 4.8
Primary - Government 75 16.6 94,526 19.5 1,314,787 18.2
Primary - Catholic 41 9.1 26,196 5.4 380,604 5.3
Primary - other non Government 16 3.5 22,589 4.7 231,490 3.2
Secondary - Government 39 8.6 52,721 10.9 827,505 11.5
Secondary - Catholic 28 6.2 19,484 4.0 338,384 4.7
Secondary - other non Government 12 2.7 21,053 4.3 280,618 3.9
Technical or further education institution 44 9.8 31,394 6.5 424,869 5.9
University or tertiary institution 93 20.6 78,780 16.2 1,160,626 16.1
Other 13 2.9 11,501 2.4 198,383 2.8
Not stated 76 16.9 106,438 21.9 1,707,023 23.7

In Alberton (SA) 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 17.2% in secondary school and 30.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 272 17.2 256,510 18.5 4,181,406 22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 158 10.0 115,102 8.3 1,687,893 8.9
Certificate level IV 60 3.8 42,793 3.1 551,767 2.9
Certificate level III 211 13.4 188,790 13.6 2,442,203 12.8
Year 12 264 16.7 214,813 15.5 2,994,097 15.7
Year 11 152 9.6 128,782 9.3 941,531 4.9
Year 10 158 10.0 138,607 10.0 2,054,331 10.8
Certificate level II 0 0.0 1,077 0.1 13,454 0.1
Certificate level I 0 0.0 174 0.0 2,176 0.0
Year 9 or below 144 9.1 119,572 8.6 1,529,897 8.0
No educational attainment 15 0.9 11,000 0.8 145,844 0.8
Not stated 100 6.3 129,257 9.3 1,974,794 10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Alberton (SA), 16.7% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 17.0% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 10.0% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
English 684 27.1 639,350 28.5 7,852,224 25.0
Australian 574 22.8 560,374 25.0 7,298,243 23.3
Scottish 209 8.3 140,424 6.3 2,023,470 6.4
Irish 204 8.1 134,437 6.0 2,388,058 7.6
German 126 5.0 129,923 5.8 982,226 3.1

The most common ancestries in Alberton (SA) were English 27.1%, Australian 22.8%, Scottish 8.3%, Irish 8.1% and German 5.0%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Alberton (SA) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Australia 1,363 76.1 1,192,546 71.1 15,614,835 66.7
Other top responses:  null  null  null  null  null  null
England 72 4.0 97,392 5.8 907,570 3.9
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 30 1.7 24,610 1.5 509,555 2.2
Italy 23 1.3 18,544 1.1 174,042 0.7
Greece 22 1.2 8,682 0.5 93,743 0.4
India 17 0.9 27,594 1.6 455,389 1.9

In Alberton (SA), 76.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.7%, Italy 1.3%, Greece 1.2% and India 0.9%.

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Both parents born overseas 541 29.9 513,545 30.6 8,051,196 34.4
Father only born overseas 146 8.1 109,094 6.5 1,488,092 6.4
Mother only born overseas 103 5.7 79,405 4.7 1,094,591 4.7
Both parents born in Australia 939 51.9 869,207 51.8 11,070,538 47.3

In Alberton (SA), 51.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Australia 1,051 58.8 954,233 56.9 12,231,150 52.3
England 118 6.6 144,172 8.6 1,403,096 6.0
Italy 71 4.0 51,307 3.1 470,138 2.0
Greece 45 2.5 21,892 1.3 226,920 1.0
Scotland 35 2.0 25,390 1.5 276,038 1.2

In Alberton (SA), the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 58.8%, England 6.6%, Italy 4.0%, Greece 2.5% and Scotland 2.0%.

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Australia 1,100 61.3 985,020 58.7 12,643,365 54.0
England 125 7.0 140,701 8.4 1,302,147 5.6
Italy 44 2.5 43,864 2.6 395,775 1.7
Scotland 41 2.3 23,476 1.4 245,915 1.1
Greece 40 2.2 19,793 1.2 206,674 0.9

In Alberton (SA), the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 61.3%, England 7.0%, Italy 2.5%, Scotland 2.3% and Greece 2.2%.

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Religious affiliation, top responses Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
No Religion, so described 674 37.0 594,313 35.4 6,933,708 29.6
Catholic 369 20.3 301,034 18.0 5,291,834 22.6
Anglican 180 9.9 167,658 10.0 3,101,185 13.3
Not stated 144 7.9 150,215 9.0 2,238,735 9.6
Eastern Orthodox 86 4.7 41,219 2.5 502,801 2.1

The most common responses for religion in Alberton (SA) were No Religion, so described 37.0%, Catholic 20.3%, Anglican 9.9%, Not stated 7.9% and Eastern Orthodox 4.7%. In Alberton (SA), Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (55.5%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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Language, top responses (other than English) Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Greek 50 2.8 22,993 1.4 237,588 1.0
Russian 45 2.5 3,289 0.2 50,314 0.2
Italian 34 1.9 29,106 1.7 271,597 1.2
Croatian 18 1.0 3,075 0.2 56,885 0.2
Mandarin 18 1.0 28,780 1.7 596,711 2.5
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English only spoken at home 1,438 80.1 1,311,533 78.2 17,020,417 72.7
Households where a non English language is spoken 164 19.5 117,512 17.4 1,971,011 22.2

In Alberton (SA) 80.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 2.8%, Russian 2.5%, Italian 1.9%, Croatian 1.0% and Mandarin 1.0%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 542 56.1 435,110 53.9 6,623,065 57.7
Worked part-time 307 31.8 270,409 33.5 3,491,503 30.4
Away from work 36 3.7 40,582 5.0 569,276 5.0
Unemployed 81 8.4 60,488 7.5 787,452 6.9

There were 966 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Alberton (SA). Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 8.4% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment - hours worked
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
1-15 hours per week 99 11.2 95,282 12.8 1,218,823 11.4
16-24 hours per week 79 8.9 77,283 10.4 1,079,236 10.1
25-34 hours per week 128 14.4 97,844 13.1 1,193,445 11.2
35-39 hours per week 199 22.4 153,550 20.6 2,031,263 19.0
40 hours or more per week 342 38.6 281,566 37.7 4,591,801 43.0

Of employed people in Alberton (SA), 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Professionals 186 21.1 151,091 20.3 2,370,966 22.2
Community and Personal Service Workers 135 15.3 89,625 12.0 1,157,003 10.8
Clerical and Administrative Workers 129 14.6 99,540 13.3 1,449,681 13.6
Technicians and Trades Workers 119 13.5 100,142 13.4 1,447,414 13.5
Labourers 89 10.1 82,850 11.1 1,011,520 9.5
Managers 86 9.8 94,075 12.6 1,390,047 13.0
Sales Workers 69 7.8 71,761 9.6 1,000,955 9.4
Machinery Operators and Drivers 54 6.1 45,515 6.1 670,106 6.3

The most common occupations in Alberton (SA) included Professionals 21.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Labourers 10.1%, Managers 9.8%, Sales Workers 7.8% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 6.1%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 48 5.8 30,463 4.1 411,808 3.9
Other Social Assistance Services 28 3.4 13,552 1.8 158,230 1.5
Aged Care Residential Services 24 2.9 22,642 3.0 211,621 2.0
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 22 2.7 21,632 2.9 254,275 2.4
Primary Education 22 2.7 16,651 2.2 231,198 2.2

Of the employed people in Alberton (SA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 5.8%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.4%, Aged Care Residential Services 2.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7% and Primary Education 2.7%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Personal 630 -- 600 -- 662 --
Family 1,668 -- 1,510 -- 1,734 --
Household 1,123 -- 1,206 -- 1,438 --

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Alberton (SA) was $630.

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Travel to work, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Car, as driver 590 66.7 492,357 66.0 6,574,571 61.5
Train 63 7.1 9,046 1.2 488,012 4.6
Car, as passenger 37 4.2 34,003 4.6 489,922 4.6
Worked at home 26 2.9 32,679 4.4 503,582 4.7
Walked only 16 1.8 20,697 2.8 370,427 3.5
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People who travelled to work by public transport 88 9.9 53,457 7.2 1,225,668 11.5
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger 641 71.8 539,409 72.3 7,305,271 68.4

In Alberton (SA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Train 7.1%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Worked at home 2.9% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 9.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 1,159 73.8 982,036 71.0 13,143,914 69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 394 25.0 380,737 27.5 5,259,400 27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 219 13.9 168,496 12.2 2,145,203 11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 321 20.3 295,670 21.4 3,620,726 19.0

In Alberton (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% provided care for children and 13.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.3% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Less than 5 hours per week 377 24.0 299,651 21.7 4,298,593 22.6
5 to 14 hours per week 480 30.6 379,617 27.4 4,944,578 26.0
15 to 29 hours per week 184 11.7 174,791 12.6 2,189,776 11.5
30 hours or more per week 116 7.4 127,972 9.2 1,710,970 9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Alberton (SA), 30.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.4% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families

family composition | employment status of couple families

Family composition

Family composition Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Couple family without children 201 40.1 178,588 40.2 2,291,987 37.8
Couple family with children 173 34.5 184,733 41.6 2,716,224 44.7
One parent family 118 23.6 73,128 16.5 959,543 15.8
Other family 9 1.8 7,282 1.6 102,559 1.7

Of the families in Alberton (SA), 34.5% were couple families with children, 40.1% were couple families without children and 23.6% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents
Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Male -- 23.9 -- 19.4 -- 18.2
Female -- 76.1 -- 80.6 -- 81.8

In Alberton (SA), 23.9% of single parents were male and 76.1% were female.

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Employment status of couple families

Employment status of couple families
Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Both employed, worked full-time 75 19.8 67,049 18.5 1,084,006 21.6
Both employed, worked part-time 25 6.6 16,589 4.6 203,596 4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time 75 19.8 83,567 23.0 1,086,460 21.7
One employed full-time, other not working 62 16.4 47,483 13.1 749,886 15.0
One employed part-time, other not working 29 7.7 23,992 6.6 302,037 6.0
Both not working 79 20.9 84,108 23.1 1,006,697 20.1
Other (includes away from work) 20 5.3 18,943 5.2 264,145 5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 13 3.4 21,592 5.9 311,381 6.2

In Alberton (SA), of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Dwellings

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Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling count Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Occupied private dwellings 806 89.5 638,782 87.4 8,286,073 88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings 95 10.5 92,242 12.6 1,039,874 11.2

In Alberton (SA), 89.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.5% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Separate house 546 67.7 496,799 77.8 6,041,788 72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 161 20.0 94,510 14.8 1,055,016 12.7
Flat or apartment 94 11.7 42,003 6.6 1,087,434 13.1
Other dwelling 0 0.0 3,016 0.5 64,425 0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Alberton (SA), 67.7% were separate houses, 20.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.7% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
None (includes bedsitters) 4 0.5 1,611 0.3 39,769 0.5
1 bedroom 66 8.1 21,505 3.4 411,252 5.0
2 bedrooms 289 35.5 118,792 18.6 1,562,759 18.9
3 bedrooms 304 37.4 333,035 52.1 3,403,190 41.1
4 or more bedrooms 136 16.7 150,400 23.5 2,670,758 32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated 14 1.7 13,455 2.1 198,351 2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling 2.6 -- 3 -- 3.1 --
Average number of people per household 2.2 -- 2.4 -- 2.6 --

In Alberton (SA), of occupied private dwellings 8.1% had 1 bedroom, 35.5% had 2 bedrooms and 37.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.2 people.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Owned outright 239 29.6 205,531 32.2 2,565,695 31.0
Owned with a mortgage 290 35.9 225,670 35.3 2,855,222 34.5
Rented 245 30.3 182,180 28.5 2,561,302 30.9
Other tenure type 21 2.6 9,847 1.5 78,994 1.0
Tenure type not stated 13 1.6 15,566 2.4 224,869 2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Alberton (SA), 29.6% were owned outright, 35.9% were owned with a mortgage and 30.3% were rented.

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Household composition

Household composition Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Family households 490 60.4 436,817 68.4 5,907,625 71.3
Single (or lone) person households 298 36.7 179,119 28.0 2,023,542 24.4
Group households 23 2.8 22,855 3.6 354,917 4.3

In Alberton (SA), of all households, 60.4% were family households, 36.7% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

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Household income Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Less than $650 gross weekly income -- 26.2 -- 23.8 -- 20.0
More than $3,000 gross weekly income -- 7.8 -- 10.7 -- 16.4

In Alberton (SA), 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 7.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

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Mortgage & rent

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

Rent weekly payments Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median rent 250 -- 260 -- 335 --
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income -- 87.4 -- 89.8 -- 88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 12.6 -- 10.2 -- 11.5

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

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Mortgage monthly repayments Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median mortgage repayments 1,498 -- 1,491 -- 1,755 --
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income -- 91.5 -- 93.4 -- 92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 8.5 -- 6.6 -- 7.2

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

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Number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
None 88 10.9 47,848 7.5 623,829 7.5
1 motor vehicle 349 43.2 228,940 35.8 2,881,485 34.8
2 motor vehicles 245 30.3 229,930 36.0 2,999,184 36.2
3 or more vehicles 105 13.0 112,047 17.5 1,496,382 18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated 21 2.6 20,017 3.1 285,197 3.4

In Alberton (SA), 43.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Internet connection

Dwelling internet connection Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Internet not accessed from dwelling 172 21.2 108,737 17.0 1,172,415 14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling 626 77.1 515,114 80.6 6,892,165 83.2
Not stated 14 1.7 14,941 2.3 221,494 2.7

In Alberton (SA), 77.1% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

selected people & dwelling characteristics

People characteristics

People characteristics
Count based on place of usual residence on Census night.
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Male 34 46.6 16,891 49.4 322,171 49.6
Female 39 53.4 17,292 50.6 326,996 50.4
Median age 23 -- 23 -- 23 --

In Alberton (SA), 46.6% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 53.4% were female. The median age was 23 years.

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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.

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 2.4 -- 3 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 0.8 -- 1 -- 1 --
Median weekly household income 949 -- 1,014 -- 1,203 --

In Alberton (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4 persons, with 0.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $949.

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Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Alberton (SA) % Alberton (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 284 -- 220 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 2,600 -- 1,387 -- 1,660 --

In Alberton (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $284 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.

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Small random adjustments have been made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from the table totals. For further information, go to the User Guide for QuickStats.

Data reported for Australia and Other Territories now includes Norfolk Island, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. Because Norfolk Island has not previously been included in the Census, any 2011 benchmarks will not include Norfolk Island.