Gawler Belt Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Gawler Belt (5118) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 42 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Gawler Belt is in the federal electorate of Wakefield.

In the 2011 census the population of Gawler Belt was 954 and is comprised of approximately 49.0% females and 51.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Gawler Belt is 39 years of age.

82.3% of people living in the suburb of Gawler Belt were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.7% England, 1.2% Scotland, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.7% Netherlands, 0.5% Canada, 0.5% Italy, 0.4% Austria, 0.4% Hungary, 0.4% Brazil, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% United States of America.

95.6% of people living in Gawler Belt speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Italian, 0.4% Other, 0.3% Greek, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.3% German, 0.3% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Gawler Belt is 30.5% No religion, 18.5% Anglican, 18.3% Catholic, 9.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.9% Uniting Church, 6.8% Lutheran, 4.0% Christian, nfd, 0.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 0.8% Baptist, 0.7% Pentecostal.

60.8% of people are married, 30.3% have never married and 4.5% are divorced and 1.6% are separated. There are 21 widowed people living in Gawler Belt.

54.6% of the people living in Gawler Belt over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.9% are working on a part time basis. Gawler Belt has an unemployment rate of 5.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Gawler Belt are 20.4% Technicians & trades workers, 17.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.4% Managers, 12.0% Professionals, 11.4% Labourers, 9.3% Sales workers, 9.0% Community & personal service workers, 7.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Gawler Belt work in are 13.5% Manufacturing, 13.3% Construction, 11.4% Retail trade, 9.1% Health care and social assistance, 7.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.5% Education and training, 6.1% Public administration and safety, 5.7% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 5.7% Accommodation and food services.

33.9% of homes are fully owned, and 57.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 6.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $582 per week and the median household income is $1567 per week.

The median rent in Gawler Belt is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1600 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Gawler Belt postcode 5118