Ovingham Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Ovingham (5082) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 3 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Ovingham is in the federal electorate of Adelaide.

In the 2011 census the population of Ovingham was 703 and is comprised of approximately 50.2% females and 49.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Ovingham is 35 years of age.

63.0% of people living in the suburb of Ovingham were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.1% India, 3.4% England, 3.0% Malaysia, 1.8% China , 1.8% Bangladesh, 1.7% Poland, 1.7% Greece, 1.1% Nepal, 1.0% Vietnam, 0.9% Germany, 0.9% Iran, 0.9% Singapore, 0.9% Papua New Guinea, 0.9% Kenya.

69.0% of people living in Ovingham speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.5% Other, 2.4% Italian, 2.3% Greek, 1.8% Other , 1.8% Vietnamese, 1.4% Polish, 1.3% Mandarin, 1.1% Other.

The religious makeup of Ovingham is 29.1% No religion, 20.0% Catholic, 10.2% Anglican, 9.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.0% Islam, 4.4% Uniting Church, 4.0% Hinduism, 3.7% Eastern Orthodox, 3.3% Buddhism, 2.6% Lutheran.

30.7% of people are married, 48.6% have never married and 13.7% are divorced and 2.8% are separated. There are 25 widowed people living in Ovingham.

55.6% of the people living in Ovingham over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.2% are working on a part time basis. Ovingham has an unemployment rate of 7.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Ovingham are 29.4% Professionals, 13.8% Managers, 11.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.7% Technicians & trades workers, 10.1% Community & personal service workers, 10.1% Labourers, 8.6% Sales workers, 3.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Ovingham work in are 14.7% Health care and social assistance, 11.6% Accommodation and food services, 11.3% Retail trade, 11.0% Education and training, 9.2% Public administration and safety, 6.9% Manufacturing, 5.2% Administrative and support services, 5.2% Construction, 4.9% Professional, scientific and technical services.

14.9% of homes are fully owned, and 25.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 54.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $581 per week and the median household income is $888 per week.

The median rent in Ovingham is $225 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1789 per month.

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