Prospect

17.4% of Prospect's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Adelaide.

3,825 family households lived in Prospect; 47.2% were couple families and 12.7% were one-parent families.

39.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.

Prospect had 14,584 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.

Separate houses made up 67.8% of occupied private dwellings in Prospect.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 14.5% of occupied private dwellings.

30.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.

34.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.5% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.

The average household in Prospect had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 26.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.

Two-person households represented 32.0%, while 25.1% had four or more usual residents.

10.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.

59.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.

6.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.6% walked or cycled.

7.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Adelaide.

One-car households formed 37.4% of the total.

54.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.1% reported a different address.

29.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.

67.2% of residents used only English at home.

29.6% used a language other than English at home.

2.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.9% spoke Cantonese and 1.4% spoke Hindi.

29.5% of Prospect's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 70.5% was born in Australia.

1.7% of residents were born in China.

5.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 28.9% of ancestry responses in Prospect.

Australian ancestry made up 25.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.1% of responses.

32.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.

Managers accounted for 14.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.3% of workers, and education and training employed 10.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.8%, compared with 61.7% across Greater Adelaide.

39.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Adelaide.

65.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.3% reported asthma, 7.0% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

37.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 20.3%.

Median household income was $2,001 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,929.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 10.5% in Prospect, compared with 9.8% across Greater Adelaide.

Outright ownership was 30.2% locally and 32.1% across Greater Adelaide. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.

Renting accounted for 35.5% in Prospect, against 29.5% across Greater Adelaide.