St Marys Demographics (SA) Local Stats

St Marys (5042) is a suburb of Adelaide, Southern Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 9 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. St Marys is in the federal electorate of Boothby.

In the 2011 census the population of St Marys was 2,695 and is comprised of approximately 49.8% females and 50.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of St Marys is 33 years of age.

59.6% of people living in the suburb of St Marys were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.7% India, 3.9% Indonesia, 3.3% England, 3.1% China , 1.9% Bangladesh, 1.8% Philippines, 1.6% Greece, 0.9% Sri Lanka, 0.9% Italy, 0.9% Iran, 0.8% Germany, 0.7% Poland, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.6% Laos.

63.0% of people living in St Marys speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.7% Indonesian, 3.6% Other, 3.5% Greek, 2.7% Mandarin, 2.0% Bengali, 2.0% Arabic, 1.3% Hindi, 1.3% Italian.

The religious makeup of St Marys is 22.6% No religion, 18.0% Catholic, 9.0% Islam, 8.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.1% Anglican, 6.4% Uniting Church, 4.9% Eastern Orthodox, 4.0% Baptist, 3.4% Christian, nfd, 3.0% Hinduism.

45.4% of people are married, 38.4% have never married and 8.0% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 130 widowed people living in St Marys.

54.6% of the people living in St Marys over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.1% are working on a part time basis. St Marys has an unemployment rate of 8.4%.

The main occupations of people living in St Marys are 21.6% Professionals, 13.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.5% Technicians & trades workers, 13.3% Labourers, 12.5% Community & personal service workers, 9.0% Sales workers, 8.4% Managers, 6.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from St Marys work in are 19.2% Health care and social assistance, 11.3% Retail trade, 10.2% Manufacturing, 7.2% Accommodation and food services, 6.9% Education and training, 6.8% Construction, 6.0% Public administration and safety, 5.3% Other services, 4.8% Professional, scientific and technical services.

28.8% of homes are fully owned, and 29.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 39.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $506 per week and the median household income is $962 per week.

The median rent in St Marys is $235 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

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