Sheidow Park Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Sheidow Park (5158) is a suburb of Adelaide, Southern Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 18 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Sheidow Park is in the federal electorate of Kingston.

In the 2011 census the population of Sheidow Park was 6,275 and is comprised of approximately 50.2% females and 49.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Sheidow Park is 33 years of age.

75.2% of people living in the suburb of Sheidow Park were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 8.8% England, 1.6% Scotland, 1.1% South Africa, 1.0% Poland, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.8% India, 0.7% Iran, 0.7% Philippines, 0.6% China , 0.5% Fiji, 0.4% Egypt, 0.3% Germany, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Northern Ireland.

88.3% of people living in Sheidow Park speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.3% Polish, 1.3% Other, 0.9% Persian, 0.9% Hindi, 0.7% Arabic, 0.6% Tagalog, 0.5% Mandarin, 0.4% Greek.

The religious makeup of Sheidow Park is 32.8% No religion, 21.4% Catholic, 13.9% Anglican, 7.9% Uniting Church, 5.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.1% Christian, nfd, 2.6% Lutheran, 1.9% Baptist, 1.8% Pentecostal, 1.6% Eastern Orthodox.

57.3% of people are married, 31.0% have never married and 7.3% are divorced and 2.7% are separated. There are 84 widowed people living in Sheidow Park.

58.4% of the people living in Sheidow Park over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.5% are working on a part time basis. Sheidow Park has an unemployment rate of 3.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Sheidow Park are 17.8% Technicians & trades workers, 17.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 17.0% Professionals, 11.4% Community & personal service workers, 11.3% Sales workers, 9.5% Managers, 8.8% Labourers, 5.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Sheidow Park work in are 15.3% Health care and social assistance, 12.6% Retail trade, 9.6% Construction, 9.6% Manufacturing, 7.9% Public administration and safety, 7.3% Education and training, 5.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.2% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.6% Financial and insurance services.

22.2% of homes are fully owned, and 64.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 12.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $709 per week and the median household income is $1573 per week.

The median rent in Sheidow Park is $310 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

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