Millicent

14.8% of Millicent's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

1,350 family households lived in Millicent; 32.6% were couple families and 16.8% were one-parent families.

29.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Millicent had 5,110 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 85.8% of occupied private dwellings in Millicent.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.3% of occupied private dwellings.

42.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

31.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.6% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

The average household in Millicent had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 36.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 36.8%, while 16.8% had four or more usual residents.

5.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

72.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.5% walked or cycled.

6.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

One-car households formed 36.9% of the total.

56.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.6% reported a different address.

10.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

91.0% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

10.3% of Millicent's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.7% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.2% of ancestry responses in Millicent.

Australian ancestry made up 44.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

9.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 12.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.0%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

24.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

50.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.7% reported asthma, 13.9% arthritis and 7.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.8%.

Median household income was $980 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $902.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $175 per week.

Working from home was 5.5% in Millicent, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 42.7% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 25.6% in Millicent, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.