Bordertown

17.0% of Bordertown's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

780 family households lived in Bordertown; 38.6% were couple families and 12.9% were one-parent families.

36.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Bordertown had 3,095 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 92.9% of occupied private dwellings in Bordertown.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

35.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

37.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.0% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Bordertown had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 28.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 36.9%, while 19.5% had four or more usual residents.

4.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

71.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.1% walked or cycled.

3.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

One-car households formed 34.6% of the total.

61.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.9% reported a different address.

20.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

78.0% of residents used only English at home.

16.5% used a language other than English at home.

1.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

20.1% of Bordertown's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.9% was born in Australia.

1.3% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.3% of ancestry responses in Bordertown.

Australian ancestry made up 39.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

10.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 13.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.7% of workers, and education and training employed 4.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.2%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

40.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.2%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

62.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.8%.

Median household income was $1,439 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $884.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 4.6% in Bordertown, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 35.4% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 27.0% in Bordertown, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.