Goolwa South

7.5% of Goolwa South's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

309 family households lived in Goolwa South; 18.1% were couple families and 13.9% were one-parent families.

16.5% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

Goolwa South had 1,041 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

59.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 90.1% of occupied private dwellings in Goolwa South.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.4% of occupied private dwellings.

50.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

21.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.0% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Goolwa South had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 37.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 44.2%, while 6.4% had four or more usual residents.

11.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above 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 4.0% walked or cycled.

5.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

One-car households formed 44.2% of the total.

50.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.6% reported a different address.

18.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

92.6% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.2% of Goolwa South's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 52.4% of ancestry responses in Goolwa South.

Australian ancestry made up 36.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

15.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 14.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 39.1%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

16.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.9%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

42.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.0% reported asthma, 18.5% arthritis and 8.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.8%.

Median household income was $961 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,134.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 11.7% in Goolwa South, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 50.5% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 28.0% in Goolwa South, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.