Paradise Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Paradise (5075) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 9 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Paradise is in the federal electorate of Sturt.

In the 2011 census the population of Paradise was 6,557 and is comprised of approximately 52.1% females and 47.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Paradise is 41 years of age.

65.8% of people living in the suburb of Paradise were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.4% Italy, 3.7% England, 2.4% India, 2.2% China , 1.0% Germany, 0.9% Greece, 0.9% Malaysia, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.7% Hong Kong , 0.6% Philippines, 0.5% Korea, Republic of , 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Vietnam.

66.6% of people living in Paradise speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 11.8% Italian, 3.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.9% Greek, 2.2% Mandarin, 2.2% Other, 1.7% Cantonese, 0.9% Other, 0.9% Arabic, 0.7% Russian.

The religious makeup of Paradise is 37.5% Catholic, 17.4% No religion, 7.7% Uniting Church, 7.5% Anglican, 6.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.9% Eastern Orthodox, 2.7% Lutheran, 2.3% Christian, nfd, 2.1% Pentecostal, 1.5% Buddhism.

50.7% of people are married, 30.1% have never married and 8.2% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 476 widowed people living in Paradise.

55.8% of the people living in Paradise over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.2% are working on a part time basis. Paradise has an unemployment rate of 5.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Paradise are 19.2% Professionals, 17.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.3% Technicians & trades workers, 11.5% Sales workers, 10.2% Managers, 9.6% Community & personal service workers, 9.6% Labourers, 5.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Paradise work in are 13.6% Health care and social assistance, 12.2% Retail trade, 9.2% Manufacturing, 8.3% Education and training, 8.3% Construction, 6.6% Public administration and safety, 6.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.4% Accommodation and food services, 5.1% Other services.

40.5% of homes are fully owned, and 30.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 25.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $490 per week and the median household income is $1015 per week.

The median rent in Paradise is $265 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1408 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Paradise postcode 5075