Athelstone Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Athelstone (5076) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 11 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Athelstone is in the federal electorate of Sturt.

In the 2011 census the population of Athelstone was 9,258 and is comprised of approximately 50.1% females and 49.9% males.

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

70.6% of people living in the suburb of Athelstone were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.8% Italy, 5.6% England, 1.1% China , 1.1% Malaysia, 0.8% Germany, 0.8% India, 0.7% South Africa, 0.7% Greece, 0.7% Poland, 0.6% Hong Kong , 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Lebanon, 0.4% New Zealand, 0.4% Netherlands.

73.6% of people living in Athelstone speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 11.0% Italian, 2.6% Greek, 1.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.8% Other, 1.4% Cantonese, 1.3% Arabic, 1.0% Mandarin, 0.6% Polish, 0.4% Korean.

The religious makeup of Athelstone is 40.8% Catholic, 18.2% No religion, 8.5% Anglican, 7.8% Uniting Church, 5.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.1% Eastern Orthodox, 2.6% Lutheran, 1.6% Christian, nfd, 1.5% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal.

59.1% of people are married, 28.9% have never married and 6.1% are divorced and 2.0% are separated. There are 289 widowed people living in Athelstone.

56.1% of the people living in Athelstone over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.2% are working on a part time basis. Athelstone has an unemployment rate of 4.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Athelstone are 23.0% Professionals, 18.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.4% Technicians & trades workers, 12.9% Managers, 10.8% Sales workers, 8.9% Community & personal service workers, 6.8% Labourers, 4.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Athelstone work in are 13.1% Health care and social assistance, 12.2% Retail trade, 10.0% Education and training, 9.6% Construction, 8.2% Manufacturing, 8.0% Public administration and safety, 7.0% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.5% Accommodation and food services, 4.7% Other services.

45.6% of homes are fully owned, and 40.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 11.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $597 per week and the median household income is $1453 per week.

The median rent in Athelstone is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1571 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Athelstone postcode 5076