Eastwood Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Eastwood (5063) is a suburb of Adelaide, Southern Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 3 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Eastwood is in the federal electorate of Adelaide.

In the 2011 census the population of Eastwood was 778 and is comprised of approximately 50.6% females and 49.4% males.

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

67.5% of people living in the suburb of Eastwood were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.1% England, 2.3% India, 2.1% China , 1.3% Japan, 1.3% Iraq, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.9% Scotland, 0.9% Canada, 0.9% Italy, 0.8% Korea, Republic of , 0.8% Greece, 0.6% Cook Islands, 0.6% Philippines, 0.6% Malaysia.

78.4% of people living in Eastwood speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.8% Arabic, 1.5% Mandarin, 1.3% Punjabi, 1.3% Greek, 1.0% Korean, 1.0% Hindi, 1.0% Japanese, 0.9% Italian.

The religious makeup of Eastwood is 33.9% No religion, 17.9% Catholic, 14.3% Anglican, 8.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.6% Uniting Church, 3.3% Eastern Orthodox, 2.3% Islam, 2.3% Lutheran, 1.8% Hinduism, 1.4% Presbyterian and Reformed.

34.8% of people are married, 41.6% have never married and 11.3% are divorced and 4.0% are separated. There are 57 widowed people living in Eastwood.

62.3% of the people living in Eastwood over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.5% are working on a part time basis. Eastwood has an unemployment rate of 5.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Eastwood are 41.9% Professionals, 16.7% Managers, 12.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.8% Sales workers, 7.3% Community & personal service workers, 6.0% Technicians & trades workers, 3.6% Labourers, 2.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Eastwood work in are 18.0% Health care and social assistance, 15.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 9.1% Retail trade, 8.6% Education and training, 7.0% Public administration and safety, 6.8% Accommodation and food services, 6.0% Manufacturing, 5.5% Construction, 3.6% Financial and insurance services.

28.9% of homes are fully owned, and 29.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 38.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $744 per week and the median household income is $1447 per week.

The median rent in Eastwood is $320 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1900 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Eastwood postcode 5063