Wistow Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Wistow (5251) is a suburb of Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It is about 33 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Wistow is in the federal electorate of Mayo.

In the 2011 census the population of Wistow was 287 and is comprised of approximately 51.6% females and 48.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Wistow is 44 years of age.

78.4% of people living in the suburb of Wistow were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 8.0% England, 4.2% Germany, 2.4% Netherlands, 1.7% United States of America.

91.6% of people living in Wistow speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.5% German, 1.0% Italian.

The religious makeup of Wistow is 37.0% No religion, 14.5% Lutheran, 11.4% Anglican, 9.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.3% Catholic, 6.2% Uniting Church, 4.5% Pentecostal, 2.8% Christian, nfd, 2.1% Baptist, 1.4% Presbyterian and Reformed.

61.7% of people are married, 24.7% have never married and 8.5% are divorced and 1.7% are separated. There are 8 widowed people living in Wistow.

49.7% of the people living in Wistow over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 43.8% are working on a part time basis. Wistow has an unemployment rate of 3.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Wistow are 22.9% Professionals, 15.1% Managers, 14.5% Labourers, 13.9% Technicians & trades workers, 12.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.0% Community & personal service workers, 7.8% Sales workers, 1.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Wistow work in are 13.9% Construction, 12.0% Health care and social assistance, 10.8% Public administration and safety, 10.2% Education and training, 8.4% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 8.4% Retail trade, 6.0% Manufacturing, 6.0% Accommodation and food services, 5.4% Professional, scientific and technical services.

49.0% of homes are fully owned, and 39.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 8.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $583 per week and the median household income is $1321 per week.

The median rent in Wistow is $0 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1200 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Wistow postcode 5251