Mount Lofty

18.3% of Mount Lofty's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

1,070 family households lived in Mount Lofty; 41.4% were couple families and 13.6% were one-parent families.

35.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Mount Lofty had 3,825 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.6% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 88.9% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Lofty.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

37.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

36.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Mount Lofty had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.2%, while 20.8% had four or more usual residents.

10.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

69.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.8% walked or cycled.

3.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 34.6% of the total.

61.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.2% reported a different address.

14.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

90.0% of residents used only English at home.

7.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

14.7% of Mount Lofty's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.3% 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 90.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.5% of ancestry responses in Mount Lofty.

Australian ancestry made up 36.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

36.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 12.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.8% of workers, and education and training employed 16.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

39.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

57.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 9.5% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.1%.

Median household income was $2,002 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

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

Working from home was 10.4% in Mount Lofty, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 37.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 26.1% in Mount Lofty, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.