Whyalla Jenkins

22.7% of Whyalla Jenkins's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

562 family households lived in Whyalla Jenkins; 48.2% were couple families and 13.9% were one-parent families.

45.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Whyalla Jenkins had 1,961 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.2% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

Separate houses made up 91.7% of occupied private dwellings in Whyalla Jenkins.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.5% of occupied private dwellings.

19.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

38.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Whyalla Jenkins had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 23.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 33.2%, while 25.8% had four or more usual residents.

2.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

72.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

3.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% walked or cycled.

3.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

One-car households formed 33.4% of the total.

63.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.1% reported a different address.

21.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

87.3% of residents used only English at home.

9.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

21.1% of Whyalla Jenkins's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.9% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

1.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.6% of ancestry responses in Whyalla Jenkins.

Australian ancestry made up 41.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

21.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.1% of workers, and education and training employed 14.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.0%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

46.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.0% worked part time.

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

61.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 7.5% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.2%.

Median household income was $1,970 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,580.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $265 per week.

Working from home was 2.6% in Whyalla Jenkins, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 19.6% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

Renting accounted for 41.7% in Whyalla Jenkins, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.