Firle Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Firle (5070) is a suburb of Adelaide, Eastern Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 6 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Firle is in the federal electorate of Sturt.

In the 2011 census the population of Firle was 1,432 and is comprised of approximately 51.5% females and 48.5% males.

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

59.2% of people living in the suburb of Firle were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.1% Italy, 7.2% China , 2.4% Korea, Republic of , 2.1% India, 2.0% Greece, 1.5% England, 1.1% Turkey, 1.0% Malaysia, 0.8% Hong Kong , 0.8% Iran, 0.6% South Africa, 0.6% Indonesia, 0.6% Philippines, 0.6% Mexico.

56.7% of people living in Firle speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 13.0% Italian, 6.9% Mandarin, 6.1% Greek, 2.5% Korean, 2.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.4% Cantonese, 1.3% Other, 0.8% Punjabi, 0.8% Other.

The religious makeup of Firle is 32.7% Catholic, 23.4% No religion, 7.3% Eastern Orthodox, 6.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.7% Anglican, 5.0% Uniting Church, 2.4% Buddhism, 2.2% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Lutheran.

47.3% of people are married, 37.6% have never married and 7.8% are divorced and 1.4% are separated. There are 69 widowed people living in Firle.

53.7% of the people living in Firle over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.0% are working on a part time basis. Firle has an unemployment rate of 6.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Firle are 29.3% Professionals, 14.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.9% Technicians & trades workers, 12.0% Community & personal service workers, 8.8% Sales workers, 8.8% Managers, 8.2% Labourers, 3.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Firle work in are 14.6% Health care and social assistance, 10.8% Education and training, 10.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 10.2% Accommodation and food services, 9.7% Retail trade, 9.6% Construction, 7.0% Public administration and safety, 6.1% Manufacturing, 3.5% Other services.

34.5% of homes are fully owned, and 27.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 34.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $503 per week and the median household income is $970 per week.

The median rent in Firle is $278 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1564 per month.

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