Wellington East

15.8% of Wellington East's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

88 family households lived in Wellington East; 21.6% were couple families and 4.5% were one-parent families.

18.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Wellington East had 291 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

52.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 102.5% of occupied private dwellings in Wellington East.

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

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

56.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

27.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Wellington East had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 24.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 51.2%, while 10.7% had four or more usual residents.

13.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

57.5% 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 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

One-car households formed 25.4% of the total.

73.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.6% reported a different address.

17.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

93.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.2% of Wellington East's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.1% of ancestry responses in Wellington East.

Australian ancestry made up 39.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

Managers accounted for 24.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.4% of workers, and education and training employed 5.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.3%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

25.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

59.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.8% reported asthma, 13.4% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 27.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.4%.

Median household income was $1,383 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 13.3% in Wellington East, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 56.0% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 16.4% in Wellington East, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.