Streaky Bay

17.1% of Streaky Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

374 family households lived in Streaky Bay; 33.4% were couple families and 8.3% were one-parent families.

31.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Streaky Bay had 1,436 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 93.3% of occupied private dwellings in Streaky Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

47.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

30.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.0% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Streaky Bay had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 32.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 41.9%, while 16.9% had four or more usual residents.

9.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

61.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.4% walked or cycled.

3.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

One-car households formed 34.9% of the total.

61.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

5.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

89.8% of residents used only English at home.

2.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.5% of Streaky Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.6% of ancestry responses in Streaky Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 43.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

15.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 17.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.6%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

27.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

58.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.5% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.7%.

Median household income was $1,111 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,278.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 9.3% in Streaky Bay, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 47.9% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 22.0% in Streaky Bay, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.