West Lakes

11.2% of West Lakes's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.

2,044 family households lived in West Lakes; 32.6% were couple families and 11.4% were one-parent families.

22.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.

West Lakes had 6,768 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

50.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.

Separate houses made up 58.0% of occupied private dwellings in West Lakes.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 32.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.4% of occupied private dwellings.

54.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.

28.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.9% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.

The average household in West Lakes had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 30.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.

Two-person households represented 42.5%, while 15.5% had four or more usual residents.

11.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.

66.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.

3.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

5.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.

One-car households formed 39.4% of the total.

55.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.8% reported a different address.

26.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.

78.9% of residents used only English at home.

18.7% used a language other than English at home.

1.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.8% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

26.1% of West Lakes's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.9% was born in Australia.

1.7% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.4% of ancestry responses in West Lakes.

Australian ancestry made up 28.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.5% of responses.

23.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Adelaide.

Managers accounted for 16.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.6% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.1%, compared with 61.7% across Greater Adelaide.

30.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Adelaide.

56.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 13.3% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.2%.

Median household income was $1,548 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,788.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $370 per week.

Working from home was 11.5% in West Lakes, compared with 9.8% across Greater Adelaide.

Outright ownership was 54.4% locally and 32.1% across Greater Adelaide. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.

Renting accounted for 16.9% in West Lakes, against 29.5% across Greater Adelaide.