Woodcroft Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Woodcroft (5162) is a suburb of Adelaide, Southern Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 21 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Woodcroft is in the federal electorate of Kingston.

In the 2011 census the population of Woodcroft was 10,852 and is comprised of approximately 51.2% females and 48.8% males.

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

77.5% of people living in the suburb of Woodcroft were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.5% England, 1.2% Scotland, 0.8% Poland, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.6% Germany, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Pakistan, 0.5% Iran, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% India, 0.4% China , 0.3% Lebanon, 0.3% Wales.

90.7% of people living in Woodcroft speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% Other, 0.9% Polish, 0.7% Urdu, 0.6% Arabic, 0.5% Persian, 0.3% Greek, 0.3% German, 0.3% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of Woodcroft is 32.6% No religion, 17.2% Anglican, 16.8% Catholic, 9.6% Uniting Church, 7.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.4% Christian, nfd, 2.4% Lutheran, 1.4% Baptist, 1.4% Pentecostal, 1.1% Presbyterian and Reformed.

55.6% of people are married, 28.6% have never married and 8.7% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 390 widowed people living in Woodcroft.

56.2% of the people living in Woodcroft over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.7% are working on a part time basis. Woodcroft has an unemployment rate of 4.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Woodcroft are 18.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 16.5% Technicians & trades workers, 14.6% Professionals, 12.7% Sales workers, 11.6% Community & personal service workers, 10.0% Managers, 9.7% Labourers, 5.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Woodcroft work in are 15.5% Retail trade, 14.8% Health care and social assistance, 11.8% Manufacturing, 8.7% Construction, 6.9% Public administration and safety, 6.1% Education and training, 5.1% Accommodation and food services, 4.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.3% Other services.

28.7% of homes are fully owned, and 53.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 13.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $605 per week and the median household income is $1344 per week.

The median rent in Woodcroft is $280 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1500 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Woodcroft postcode 5162