Risdon Park

17.8% of Risdon Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

995 family households lived in Risdon Park; 33.4% were couple families and 22.7% were one-parent families.

34.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Risdon Park had 3,878 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 75.6% of occupied private dwellings in Risdon Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.1% of occupied private dwellings.

32.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

31.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Risdon Park had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 36.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 33.4%, while 16.7% had four or more usual residents.

2.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

74.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.1% walked or cycled.

10.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

One-car households formed 40.3% of the total.

49.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.5% reported a different address.

7.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

89.6% of residents used only English at home.

4.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

7.1% of Risdon Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.3% of ancestry responses in Risdon Park.

Australian ancestry made up 41.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

13.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 10.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.6%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

27.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.6%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

49.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.8% reported asthma, 13.9% arthritis and 8.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.0%.

Median household income was $1,096 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,024.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $180 per week.

Working from home was 2.4% in Risdon Park, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 32.5% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 36.3% in Risdon Park, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.