Paralowie

21.2% of Paralowie's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.

4,679 family households lived in Paralowie; 46.9% were couple families and 22.1% were one-parent families.

43.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.

Paralowie had 17,504 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

22.6% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.

Separate houses made up 94.2% of occupied private dwellings in Paralowie.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

24.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.

50.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.8% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.

The average household in Paralowie had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 20.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.

Two-person households represented 29.1%, while 31.9% had four or more usual residents.

3.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Adelaide rate.

75.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.

1.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.

One-car households formed 32.1% of the total.

63.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.9% reported a different address.

30.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.

64.7% of residents used only English at home.

31.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

30.3% of Paralowie's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 69.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

2.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.4% of ancestry responses in Paralowie.

Australian ancestry made up 29.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

9.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Adelaide rate.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.3% of workers, and education and training employed 5.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.8%, compared with 61.7% across Greater Adelaide.

34.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.9%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Adelaide.

60.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.2% reported asthma, 8.1% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.0%.

Median household income was $1,479 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $305 per week.

Working from home was 3.9% in Paralowie, compared with 9.8% across Greater Adelaide.

Outright ownership was 24.6% locally and 32.1% across Greater Adelaide. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.

Renting accounted for 24.8% in Paralowie, against 29.5% across Greater Adelaide.