Whyalla Norrie

18.8% of Whyalla Norrie's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

1,625 family households lived in Whyalla Norrie; 32.9% were couple families and 27.1% were one-parent families.

38.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Whyalla Norrie had 6,288 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 42.8% of occupied private dwellings in Whyalla Norrie.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 54.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

24.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

31.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Whyalla Norrie had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 38.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 33.3%, while 15.4% had four or more usual residents.

1.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

67.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

2.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.3% walked or cycled.

13.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

One-car households formed 40.6% of the total.

45.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.2% reported a different address.

17.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

86.5% of residents used only English at home.

6.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

17.3% of Whyalla Norrie's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.7% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.0% of ancestry responses in Whyalla Norrie.

Australian ancestry made up 39.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

10.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 7.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.2%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

29.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.2%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

50.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.8% reported asthma, 12.2% arthritis and 8.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 55.6%.

Median household income was $1,071 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $953.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $180 per week.

Working from home was 1.7% in Whyalla Norrie, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 24.1% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 44.7% in Whyalla Norrie, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.