Murray Bridge

16.9% of Murray Bridge's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

3,782 family households lived in Murray Bridge; 32.5% were couple families and 22.7% were one-parent families.

35.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Murray Bridge had 15,043 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 85.0% of occupied private dwellings in Murray Bridge.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

29.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

28.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Murray Bridge 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 34.7%, while 17.5% had four or more usual residents.

3.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

70.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.5% walked or cycled.

8.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

One-car households formed 41.6% of the total.

49.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.4% reported a different address.

14.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

80.7% of residents used only English at home.

10.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

14.9% of Murray Bridge's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.1% was born in Australia.

1.2% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.8% of ancestry responses in Murray Bridge.

Australian ancestry made up 36.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

9.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 8.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.6%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

24.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.7%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

48.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 12.5% arthritis and 7.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.1%.

Median household income was $1,005 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 $240 per week.

Working from home was 3.7% in Murray Bridge, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 29.9% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 42.0% in Murray Bridge, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.