Loxton

18.0% of Loxton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

1,266 family households lived in Loxton; 32.5% were couple families and 15.9% were one-parent families.

33.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Loxton had 4,677 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 84.8% of occupied private dwellings in Loxton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.2% of occupied private dwellings.

39.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

32.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.5% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Loxton had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 32.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 39.4%, while 17.4% had four or more usual residents.

4.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

72.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.0% walked or cycled.

5.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

One-car households formed 32.8% of the total.

61.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.7% reported a different address.

6.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

90.6% of residents used only English at home.

4.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.7% of Loxton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.3% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.3% of ancestry responses in Loxton.

Australian ancestry made up 41.0% 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 14.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.2%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

30.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.0%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

53.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.2% reported asthma, 13.2% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.3%.

Median household income was $1,164 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $221 per week.

Working from home was 4.5% in Loxton, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 39.7% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 27.5% in Loxton, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.