Hewett Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Hewett (5118) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 41 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Hewett is in the federal electorate of Wakefield.

In the 2011 census the population of Hewett was 2,755 and is comprised of approximately 50.8% females and 49.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Hewett is 32 years of age.

81.3% of people living in the suburb of Hewett were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.6% England, 1.3% Scotland, 0.7% South Africa, 0.5% New Zealand, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% United States of America, 0.3% Pakistan, 0.3% Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, 0.2% Germany, 0.2% Greece, 0.2% India, 0.2% Iraq.

95.0% of people living in Hewett speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Other, 0.6% German, 0.4% Urdu, 0.4% Greek, 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% Dutch, 0.2% Arabic, 0.1% Polish.

The religious makeup of Hewett is 30.2% No religion, 18.9% Catholic, 17.4% Anglican, 8.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.8% Uniting Church, 5.1% Lutheran, 4.2% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.3% Baptist, 0.9% Pentecostal.

64.6% of people are married, 25.6% have never married and 5.5% are divorced and 2.0% are separated. There are 45 widowed people living in Hewett.

61.8% of the people living in Hewett over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.4% are working on a part time basis. Hewett has an unemployment rate of 3.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Hewett are 16.5% Professionals, 15.5% Technicians & trades workers, 15.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.6% Managers, 11.6% Community & personal service workers, 10.7% Sales workers, 9.3% Labourers, 5.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Hewett work in are 15.1% Manufacturing, 13.2% Retail trade, 12.2% Public administration and safety, 11.7% Health care and social assistance, 8.2% Construction, 7.7% Education and training, 4.8% Accommodation and food services, 4.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 3.1% Wholesale trade.

17.5% of homes are fully owned, and 68.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 13.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $743 per week and the median household income is $1914 per week.

The median rent in Hewett is $330 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Hewett postcode 5118