Modbury Heights Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Modbury Heights (5092) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 15 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Modbury Heights is in the federal electorate of Makin.

In the 2011 census the population of Modbury Heights was 5,400 and is comprised of approximately 51.7% females and 48.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Modbury Heights is 39 years of age.

73.9% of people living in the suburb of Modbury Heights were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 11.0% England, 1.5% Scotland, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.8% Italy, 0.7% India, 0.7% Germany, 0.5% Malaysia, 0.4% China , 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% United States of America, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland.

89.3% of people living in Modbury Heights speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.4% Other, 1.2% Italian, 0.6% Arabic, 0.6% Greek, 0.5% Mandarin, 0.4% Polish, 0.3% Japanese, 0.3% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Modbury Heights is 30.4% No religion, 19.8% Catholic, 14.3% Anglican, 8.1% Uniting Church, 7.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.4% Lutheran, 3.2% Christian, nfd, 2.3% Baptist, 1.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.5% Eastern Orthodox.

52.9% of people are married, 31.3% have never married and 8.6% are divorced and 2.8% are separated. There are 199 widowed people living in Modbury Heights.

60.1% of the people living in Modbury Heights 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 Heights has an unemployment rate of 5.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Modbury Heights are 19.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 17.4% Professionals, 16.2% Technicians & trades workers, 11.7% Sales workers, 10.3% Community & personal service workers, 9.3% Labourers, 9.1% Managers, 5.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Modbury Heights work in are 12.6% Manufacturing, 12.4% Health care and social assistance, 11.8% Retail trade, 10.0% Public administration and safety, 8.3% Construction, 7.9% Education and training, 5.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.1% Accommodation and food services, 4.0% Transport, postal and warehousing.

33.2% of homes are fully owned, and 48.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 16.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $648 per week and the median household income is $1302 per week.

The median rent in Modbury Heights is $260 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Modbury Heights postcode 5092