Modbury Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Modbury (5092) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 13 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Modbury is in the federal electorate of Makin.

In the 2011 census the population of Modbury was 4,924 and is comprised of approximately 50.9% females and 49.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Modbury is 38 years of age.

63.8% of people living in the suburb of Modbury were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 8.2% England, 3.4% China , 2.8% India, 1.2% Italy, 1.2% Germany, 1.0% Philippines, 0.8% Scotland, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.6% Hong Kong , 0.6% Iran, 0.5% Malaysia, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% Korea, Republic of , 0.5% Greece.

74.4% of people living in Modbury speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.3% Other, 2.5% Mandarin, 2.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.2% Italian, 1.3% Greek, 1.2% Cantonese, 0.9% Other, 0.8% Hindi, 0.7% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Modbury is 26.6% No religion, 18.9% Catholic, 12.6% Anglican, 7.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.5% Uniting Church, 3.9% Islam, 2.9% Lutheran, 2.6% Eastern Orthodox, 2.4% Christian, nfd, 2.3% Baptist.

44.9% of people are married, 34.7% have never married and 9.8% are divorced and 3.0% are separated. There are 316 widowed people living in Modbury.

56.8% of the people living in Modbury over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.8% are working on a part time basis. Modbury has an unemployment rate of 7.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Modbury are 17.8% Professionals, 16.3% Technicians & trades workers, 15.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.8% Community & personal service workers, 12.0% Labourers, 9.4% Sales workers, 8.3% Managers, 6.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Modbury work in are 15.4% Health care and social assistance, 12.0% Manufacturing, 11.5% Retail trade, 8.3% Construction, 7.6% Accommodation and food services, 6.9% Education and training, 6.9% Public administration and safety, 5.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.9% Professional, scientific and technical services.

33.4% of homes are fully owned, and 32.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 27.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $479 per week and the median household income is $923 per week.

The median rent in Modbury is $253 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1500 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Modbury postcode 5092