Parkside Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Parkside (5063) is a suburb of Adelaide, Southern Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 2 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Parkside is in the federal electorate of Adelaide.

In the 2011 census the population of Parkside was 4,634 and is comprised of approximately 52.9% females and 47.1% males.

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

71.4% of people living in the suburb of Parkside were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.7% England, 2.6% Greece, 2.5% Italy, 1.7% China , 1.2% India, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.8% Malaysia, 0.7% United States of America, 0.7% Germany, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Korea, Republic of , 0.4% Iran.

77.1% of people living in Parkside speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.0% Greek, 3.9% Italian, 3.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.1% Mandarin, 1.5% Other, 0.9% German, 0.6% French, 0.6% Cantonese, 0.5% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Parkside is 33.9% No religion, 20.3% Catholic, 12.9% Anglican, 7.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.9% Eastern Orthodox, 5.6% Uniting Church, 2.9% Lutheran, 1.5% Buddhism, 1.4% Christian, nfd, 1.1% Islam.

41.1% of people are married, 41.7% have never married and 9.5% are divorced and 2.1% are separated. There are 219 widowed people living in Parkside.

59.4% of the people living in Parkside over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.8% are working on a part time basis. Parkside has an unemployment rate of 4.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Parkside are 41.1% Professionals, 14.8% Managers, 13.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.0% Community & personal service workers, 7.8% Sales workers, 7.3% Technicians & trades workers, 3.9% Labourers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 1.6% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Parkside work in are 16.7% Health care and social assistance, 13.8% Professional, scientific and technical services, 11.6% Education and training, 8.8% Retail trade, 8.7% Public administration and safety, 6.6% Accommodation and food services, 4.8% Manufacturing, 4.6% Construction, 4.1% Financial and insurance services.

30.4% of homes are fully owned, and 29.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 37.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $758 per week and the median household income is $1425 per week.

The median rent in Parkside is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1970 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Parkside postcode 5063