Whyalla Playford

16.4% of Whyalla Playford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

724 family households lived in Whyalla Playford; 36.7% were couple families and 12.4% were one-parent families.

32.6% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

Whyalla Playford had 2,540 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 85.5% of occupied private dwellings in Whyalla Playford.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.4% of occupied private dwellings.

39.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

37.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.2% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Whyalla Playford had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 31.8% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

Two-person households represented 37.7%, while 17.4% had four or more usual residents.

2.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

70.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

1.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.0% walked or cycled.

5.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

One-car households formed 35.7% of the total.

59.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.6% reported a different address.

15.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

89.8% of residents used only English at home.

5.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.8% of Whyalla Playford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.3% of ancestry responses in Whyalla Playford.

Australian ancestry made up 42.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

16.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 8.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 10.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.0%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

36.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.7%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

55.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.4% reported asthma, 11.4% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 54.2%.

Median household income was $1,429 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,280.

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

Working from home was 2.1% in Whyalla Playford, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 39.6% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 23.2% in Whyalla Playford, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.