Glenalta Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Glenalta (5052) is a suburb of Adelaide, Southern Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 10 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Glenalta is in the federal electorate of Boothby.

In the 2011 census the population of Glenalta was 1,981 and is comprised of approximately 51.6% females and 48.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Glenalta is 42 years of age.

77.9% of people living in the suburb of Glenalta were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.3% England, 1.6% Germany, 1.1% New Zealand, 0.9% Wales, 0.9% Scotland, 0.6% South Africa, 0.6% United States of America, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.4% India, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% China , 0.4% Malaysia, 0.3% Austria, 0.3% Italy.

92.5% of people living in Glenalta speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% German, 1.0% Other, 0.5% Greek, 0.5% Italian, 0.4% French, 0.3% Hungarian, 0.3% Croatian, 0.3% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Glenalta is 37.1% No religion, 17.6% Anglican, 11.3% Uniting Church, 10.8% Catholic, 5.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.6% Christian, nfd, 3.6% Baptist, 2.6% Lutheran, 1.4% Pentecostal, 1.0% Eastern Orthodox.

58.4% of people are married, 27.0% have never married and 8.0% are divorced and 2.4% are separated. There are 70 widowed people living in Glenalta.

55.2% of the people living in Glenalta over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 36.5% are working on a part time basis. Glenalta has an unemployment rate of 3.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Glenalta are 36.7% Professionals, 15.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.8% Managers, 10.1% Community & personal service workers, 9.4% Technicians & trades workers, 9.2% Sales workers, 5.5% Labourers, 2.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Glenalta work in are 16.7% Health care and social assistance, 15.2% Education and training, 11.4% Public administration and safety, 9.0% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.8% Retail trade, 7.1% Manufacturing, 5.0% Construction, 4.0% Accommodation and food services, 3.9% Financial and insurance services.

43.0% of homes are fully owned, and 44.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 9.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $661 per week and the median household income is $1456 per week.

The median rent in Glenalta is $285 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

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