Burton Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Burton (5110) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 21 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Burton is in the federal electorate of Port Adelaide.

In the 2011 census the population of Burton was 6,153 and is comprised of approximately 51.0% females and 49.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Burton is 29 years of age.

70.1% of people living in the suburb of Burton were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.0% Vietnam, 3.7% England, 3.5% Cambodia, 1.7% Philippines, 1.2% Laos, 0.8% Italy, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.8% Thailand, 0.8% Poland, 0.7% India, 0.6% Scotland, 0.4% Afghanistan, 0.3% Greece, 0.3% Germany.

69.8% of people living in Burton speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.5% Khmer, 6.0% Vietnamese, 5.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.5% Other, 1.3% Italian, 1.2% Greek, 0.8% Polish, 0.8% Tagalog, 0.7% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Burton is 30.1% No religion, 20.2% Catholic, 12.7% Buddhism, 9.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 9.4% Anglican, 4.5% Uniting Church, 2.6% Christian, nfd, 2.3% Eastern Orthodox, 1.4% Lutheran, 1.3% Islam.

45.9% of people are married, 39.3% have never married and 8.5% are divorced and 3.2% are separated. There are 142 widowed people living in Burton.

62.0% of the people living in Burton over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.3% are working on a part time basis. Burton has an unemployment rate of 6.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Burton are 17.2% Labourers, 16.3% Technicians & trades workers, 13.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 11.2% Community & personal service workers, 9.7% Managers, 9.1% Sales workers, 8.3% Professionals, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Burton work in are 18.3% Manufacturing, 12.7% Retail trade, 10.4% Health care and social assistance, 7.7% Public administration and safety, 7.0% Construction, 6.5% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.2% Accommodation and food services, 5.1% Wholesale trade, 4.0% Administrative and support services.

13.5% of homes are fully owned, and 58.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 25.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $590 per week and the median household income is $1237 per week.

The median rent in Burton is $275 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Burton postcode 5110