Wilmington

17.1% of Wilmington's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

176 family households lived in Wilmington; 37.5% were couple families and 9.7% were one-parent families.

29.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Wilmington had 667 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 92.4% of occupied private dwellings in Wilmington.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

59.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

28.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

The average household in Wilmington had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 43.3%, while 16.3% had four or more usual residents.

11.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

58.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.6% walked or cycled.

1.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

One-car households formed 30.5% of the total.

67.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.3% reported a different address.

6.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

86.7% of residents used only English at home.

1.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.9% of Wilmington's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.5% of ancestry responses in Wilmington.

Australian ancestry made up 40.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

14.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 22.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.9% of workers, and education and training employed 12.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.7%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

30.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

53.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.2% reported asthma, 7.3% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.8%.

Median household income was $1,260 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

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

Working from home was 11.2% in Wilmington, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 59.0% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 12.8% in Wilmington, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.