Whyalla Stuart

17.9% of Whyalla Stuart's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

1,591 family households lived in Whyalla Stuart; 29.8% were couple families and 29.0% were one-parent families.

38.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Whyalla Stuart had 6,476 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 36.0% of occupied private dwellings in Whyalla Stuart.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 57.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.4% of occupied private dwellings.

23.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

25.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

50.7% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

The average household in Whyalla Stuart had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 41.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 32.2%, while 13.9% had four or more usual residents.

1.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

67.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

1.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.1% walked or cycled.

19.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

One-car households formed 41.5% of the total.

39.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.3% reported a different address.

17.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

85.9% of residents used only English at home.

5.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.5% of Whyalla Stuart's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.4%.

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

Australian ancestry made up 37.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

8.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 6.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.6%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

22.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.3%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

46.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.5% reported asthma, 14.0% arthritis and 10.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.6%.

Median household income was $880 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $967.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $160 per week.

Working from home was 1.3% in Whyalla Stuart, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 23.8% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 50.7% in Whyalla Stuart, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.