Swan Reach

5.2% of Swan Reach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

60 family households lived in Swan Reach; 13.3% were couple families and 23.3% were one-parent families.

16.7% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

Swan Reach had 271 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

60.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 91.5% of occupied private dwellings in Swan Reach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

62.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

20.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Swan Reach had 1.7 people.

One-person households made up 47.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 43.1%, while 4.1% had four or more usual residents.

19.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

44.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 22.8% walked or cycled.

5.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

One-car households formed 43.7% of the total.

47.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.2% reported a different address.

11.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

75.3% of residents used only English at home.

1.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.4% of Swan Reach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.6% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 73.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.2% of ancestry responses in Swan Reach.

Australian ancestry made up 34.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

5.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

Managers accounted for 34.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 3.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 32.4%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

18.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.6% worked part time.

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

31.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.7% reported asthma, 19.2% arthritis and 11.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

5.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.4%.

Median household income was $828 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $650.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 19.0% in Swan Reach, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 62.9% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 17.1% in Swan Reach, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.