Woodside Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Woodside (5244) is a suburb of Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It is about 25 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Woodside is in the federal electorate of Mayo.

In the 2011 census the population of Woodside was 2,784 and is comprised of approximately 48.6% females and 51.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Woodside is 36 years of age.

76.5% of people living in the suburb of Woodside were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.9% England, 4.1% Iran, 2.9% Sri Lanka, 1.0% Iraq, 1.0% Gaza Strip and West Bank, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Germany, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% United States of America, 0.4% Afghanistan, 0.4% Bulgaria, 0.3% India.

84.8% of people living in Woodside speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 12.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Other, 0.4% German, 0.3% Spanish, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Sinhalese, 0.1% Samoan, 0.1% Filipino , 0.1% Russian.

The religious makeup of Woodside is 28.5% No religion, 17.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 13.6% Anglican, 12.7% Uniting Church, 10.0% Catholic, 9.4% Lutheran, 2.2% Christian, nfd, 1.1% Baptist, 1.0% Other religious affiliation , 0.9% Presbyterian and Reformed.

50.6% of people are married, 32.8% have never married and 8.1% are divorced and 2.4% are separated. There are 134 widowed people living in Woodside.

58.3% of the people living in Woodside over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.6% are working on a part time basis. Woodside has an unemployment rate of 3.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Woodside are 16.4% Professionals, 15.9% Technicians & trades workers, 15.7% Community & personal service workers, 14.5% Managers, 12.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.7% Labourers, 8.6% Sales workers, 5.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Woodside work in are 14.9% Public administration and safety, 11.7% Health care and social assistance, 9.1% Manufacturing, 8.9% Retail trade, 7.4% Education and training, 6.9% Construction, 5.7% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 5.2% Accommodation and food services, 4.3% Professional, scientific and technical services.

31.9% of homes are fully owned, and 41.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 20.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $612 per week and the median household income is $1170 per week.

The median rent in Woodside is $263 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Woodside postcode 5244