Mount Compass

20.6% of Mount Compass's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

453 family households lived in Mount Compass; 46.4% were couple families and 9.7% were one-parent families.

35.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Mount Compass had 1,580 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.4% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 97.4% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Compass.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

29.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

59.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

The average household in Mount Compass had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 14.7% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

Two-person households represented 39.9%, while 30.4% had four or more usual residents.

9.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

68.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

One-car households formed 20.3% of the total.

77.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.1% reported a different address.

16.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

91.2% of residents used only English at home.

4.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

16.5% of Mount Compass's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.5% of ancestry responses in Mount Compass.

Australian ancestry made up 42.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.2% of responses.

13.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

Managers accounted for 14.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.2%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

34.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

59.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 9.2% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.0%.

Median household income was $1,655 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 9.2% in Mount Compass, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 29.4% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 11.5% in Mount Compass, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.