Encounter Bay

9.2% of Encounter Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

1,621 family households lived in Encounter Bay; 19.2% were couple families and 11.7% were one-parent families.

17.3% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

Encounter Bay had 5,305 residents at the 2021 Census.

10.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

66.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 96.8% of occupied private dwellings in Encounter Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

63.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

18.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Encounter Bay had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 33.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 49.6%, while 8.3% had four or more usual residents.

10.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

65.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

4.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

One-car households formed 51.2% of the total.

44.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.8% reported a different address.

24.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

92.4% of residents used only English at home.

3.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

24.0% of Encounter Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.0% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 54.9% of ancestry responses in Encounter Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 32.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

18.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 11.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 31.5%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

12.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

41.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.3% reported asthma, 20.1% arthritis and 9.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.3%.

Median household income was $929 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,170.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $305 per week.

Working from home was 10.1% in Encounter Bay, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 63.1% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 18.3% in Encounter Bay, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.