Mawson Lakes Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Mawson Lakes (5095) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 12 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Mawson Lakes is in the federal electorate of Makin.

In the 2011 census the population of Mawson Lakes was 10,872 and is comprised of approximately 49.0% females and 51.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mawson Lakes is 31 years of age.

59.6% of people living in the suburb of Mawson Lakes were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.1% England, 3.1% Vietnam, 3.1% China , 2.4% India, 1.5% Malaysia, 1.4% Philippines, 1.3% South Africa, 0.9% Korea, Republic of , 0.9% New Zealand, 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% Pakistan, 0.6% Iran, 0.6% Bosnia and Herzegovina, 0.6% Hong Kong .

65.1% of people living in Mawson Lakes speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.1% Vietnamese, 4.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.6% Mandarin, 3.4% Other, 1.8% Cantonese, 1.1% Serbian, 1.1% Greek, 0.9% Korean, 0.8% Italian.

The religious makeup of Mawson Lakes is 26.5% No religion, 21.5% Catholic, 9.1% Anglican, 9.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.6% Buddhism, 4.8% Uniting Church, 3.7% Eastern Orthodox, 3.4% Lutheran, 3.4% Islam, 2.8% Christian, nfd.

52.0% of people are married, 36.8% have never married and 6.3% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 206 widowed people living in Mawson Lakes.

67.3% of the people living in Mawson Lakes over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 23.0% are working on a part time basis. Mawson Lakes has an unemployment rate of 4.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Mawson Lakes are 26.2% Professionals, 16.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.6% Managers, 11.3% Technicians & trades workers, 10.2% Community & personal service workers, 8.3% Sales workers, 7.0% Labourers, 4.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Mawson Lakes work in are 13.2% Public administration and safety, 12.0% Manufacturing, 11.4% Health care and social assistance, 10.2% Retail trade, 8.0% Education and training, 6.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.4% Construction, 5.8% Accommodation and food services, 4.2% Financial and insurance services.

11.9% of homes are fully owned, and 51.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 34.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $813 per week and the median household income is $1670 per week.

The median rent in Mawson Lakes is $330 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2019 per month.

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