Mount Gambier

17.9% of Mount Gambier's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

6,716 family households lived in Mount Gambier; 35.3% were couple families and 20.0% were one-parent families.

36.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Mount Gambier had 25,591 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 76.7% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Gambier.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.9% of occupied private dwellings.

32.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

33.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Mount Gambier had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 34.4%, while 17.7% had four or more usual residents.

3.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

74.5% 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 2.7% walked or cycled.

7.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

One-car households formed 38.9% of the total.

53.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.7% reported a different address.

11.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

87.5% of residents used only English at home.

6.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.5% of Mount Gambier's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.1% of ancestry responses in Mount Gambier.

Australian ancestry made up 41.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

14.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 10.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.1%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

31.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

52.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 10.7% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.3%.

Median household income was $1,197 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 $220 per week.

Working from home was 3.6% in Mount Gambier, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 32.1% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 34.2% in Mount Gambier, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.