Port Wakefield

16.2% of Port Wakefield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

165 family households lived in Port Wakefield; 37.0% were couple families and 19.4% were one-parent families.

37.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Port Wakefield had 661 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 90.6% of occupied private dwellings in Port Wakefield.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

36.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

23.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

40.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Port Wakefield had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 40.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 32.3%, while 17.9% had four or more usual residents.

6.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

67.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.2% 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 33.7% of the total.

57.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.9% reported a different address.

21.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

75.5% of residents used only English at home.

16.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

21.5% of Port Wakefield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.5% of ancestry responses in Port Wakefield.

Australian ancestry made up 36.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

2.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

Managers accounted for 16.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 3.2% of workers, and education and training employed 4.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.9%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

30.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.4%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

51.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

10.6% reported asthma, 14.7% arthritis and 8.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.7%.

Median household income was $1,093 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $225 per week.

Working from home was 6.1% in Port Wakefield, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 36.3% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 40.5% in Port Wakefield, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.