Hindmarsh Island

11.2% of Hindmarsh Island's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

585 family households lived in Hindmarsh Island; 20.2% were couple families and 11.6% were one-parent families.

20.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Hindmarsh Island had 1,846 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

59.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 87.7% of occupied private dwellings in Hindmarsh Island.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

54.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

25.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.8% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Hindmarsh Island had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 22.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 53.8%, while 12.6% had four or more usual residents.

11.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

60.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

One-car households formed 37.5% of the total.

61.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

45.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 55.0% reported a different address.

21.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

92.8% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

21.7% of Hindmarsh Island's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.3% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 55.1% of ancestry responses in Hindmarsh Island.

Australian ancestry made up 34.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

15.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.4% of workers, and education and training employed 6.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 42.0%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

18.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.4%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

49.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 17.1% arthritis and 8.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.9%.

Median household income was $1,123 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,365.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $330 per week.

Working from home was 11.6% in Hindmarsh Island, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 54.1% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 20.8% in Hindmarsh Island, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.