Alberton Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Alberton (5014) is a suburb of Adelaide, Western & Beach Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 10 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Alberton is in the federal electorate of Port Adelaide.

In the 2011 census the population of Alberton was 1,916 and is comprised of approximately 49.0% females and 51.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Alberton is 40 years of age.

75.2% of people living in the suburb of Alberton were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.5% England, 1.8% Greece, 1.5% China , 1.2% Italy, 1.0% Scotland, 0.9% India, 0.8% Germany, 0.8% Russian Federation, 0.6% Vietnam, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.6% Philippines, 0.5% Cyprus, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Thailand.

78.3% of people living in Alberton speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.3% Greek, 3.1% Russian, 1.8% Italian, 1.7% Other, 0.8% Mandarin, 0.7% German, 0.5% Vietnamese, 0.5% Croatian.

The religious makeup of Alberton is 29.2% No religion, 21.3% Catholic, 10.8% Anglican, 10.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.5% Uniting Church, 5.1% Eastern Orthodox, 3.2% Pentecostal, 2.8% Lutheran, 2.3% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Baptist.

37.9% of people are married, 40.4% have never married and 11.3% are divorced and 4.5% are separated. There are 97 widowed people living in Alberton.

60.4% of the people living in Alberton over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.6% are working on a part time basis. Alberton has an unemployment rate of 6.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Alberton are 18.1% Professionals, 15.6% Technicians & trades workers, 15.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.1% Community & personal service workers, 10.6% Labourers, 10.2% Managers, 10.1% Sales workers, 7.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Alberton work in are 11.8% Retail trade, 11.8% Health care and social assistance, 10.9% Manufacturing, 10.2% Public administration and safety, 8.1% Education and training, 8.1% Construction, 6.2% Accommodation and food services, 5.1% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.8% Professional, scientific and technical services.

32.0% of homes are fully owned, and 35.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 29.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $556 per week and the median household income is $985 per week.

The median rent in Alberton is $230 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Alberton postcode 5014