Para Hills Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Para Hills (5096) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 14 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Para Hills is in the federal electorate of Makin.

In the 2011 census the population of Para Hills was 7,594 and is comprised of approximately 49.3% females and 50.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Para Hills is 37 years of age.

65.3% of people living in the suburb of Para Hills were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 10.8% England, 1.5% Afghanistan, 1.4% India, 1.1% Scotland, 1.0% Italy, 0.9% Germany, 0.8% Philippines, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.7% Vietnam, 0.7% China , 0.4% Croatia, 0.4% Bosnia and Herzegovina, 0.4% Poland, 0.3% Lebanon.

78.1% of people living in Para Hills speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.0% Other, 1.9% Arabic, 1.4% Italian, 1.1% Persian, 0.8% Greek, 0.8% Dari, 0.8% Vietnamese, 0.8% Serbian.

The religious makeup of Para Hills is 27.9% No religion, 18.0% Catholic, 12.7% Anglican, 10.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.2% Uniting Church, 4.1% Islam, 3.2% Christian, nfd, 3.0% Lutheran, 2.6% Eastern Orthodox, 1.9% Baptist.

48.7% of people are married, 34.4% have never married and 9.0% are divorced and 2.9% are separated. There are 306 widowed people living in Para Hills.

57.4% of the people living in Para Hills over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.1% are working on a part time basis. Para Hills has an unemployment rate of 6.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Para Hills are 19.0% Technicians & trades workers, 15.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.2% Labourers, 12.2% Professionals, 11.0% Community & personal service workers, 10.2% Sales workers, 9.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.1% Managers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Para Hills work in are 14.3% Manufacturing, 12.4% Retail trade, 11.7% Health care and social assistance, 10.2% Construction, 7.0% Public administration and safety, 5.9% Education and training, 5.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.3% Accommodation and food services, 4.6% Other services.

34.7% of homes are fully owned, and 46.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 15.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $510 per week and the median household income is $1036 per week.

The median rent in Para Hills is $260 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1387 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Para Hills postcode 5096