Melrose Park Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Melrose Park (5039) is a suburb of Adelaide, Southern Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 7 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Melrose Park is in the federal electorate of Boothby.

In the 2011 census the population of Melrose Park was 2,135 and is comprised of approximately 52.5% females and 47.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Melrose Park is 38 years of age.

75.3% of people living in the suburb of Melrose Park were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.8% England, 2.7% China , 1.8% Greece, 1.2% New Zealand, 1.0% Germany, 0.9% India, 0.8% Italy, 0.7% Philippines, 0.7% Scotland, 0.5% Cyprus, 0.5% Lebanon, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.4% Pakistan, 0.4% Hungary.

79.1% of people living in Melrose Park speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.5% Greek, 2.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.4% Mandarin, 1.2% Italian, 1.2% Arabic, 1.1% Other, 0.9% German, 0.8% Cantonese, 0.7% Other.

The religious makeup of Melrose Park is 30.8% No religion, 18.7% Catholic, 10.8% Uniting Church, 10.2% Anglican, 6.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.1% Eastern Orthodox, 3.1% Lutheran, 3.0% Baptist, 1.9% Buddhism, 1.8% Christian, nfd.

44.0% of people are married, 34.5% have never married and 8.6% are divorced and 2.4% are separated. There are 188 widowed people living in Melrose Park.

58.8% of the people living in Melrose Park over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.9% are working on a part time basis. Melrose Park has an unemployment rate of 4.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Melrose Park are 24.4% Professionals, 16.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.3% Technicians & trades workers, 11.6% Community & personal service workers, 9.5% Managers, 9.3% Sales workers, 8.4% Labourers, 3.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Melrose Park work in are 15.2% Health care and social assistance, 9.8% Retail trade, 9.4% Education and training, 8.8% Public administration and safety, 8.0% Accommodation and food services, 7.8% Manufacturing, 7.7% Construction, 6.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.5% Other services.

33.7% of homes are fully owned, and 32.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 25.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $564 per week and the median household income is $1053 per week.

The median rent in Melrose Park is $275 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

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