Cheltenham Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Cheltenham (5014) is a suburb of Adelaide, Western & Beach Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 9 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Cheltenham is in the federal electorate of Port Adelaide.

In the 2011 census the population of Cheltenham was 2,139 and is comprised of approximately 49.7% females and 50.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Cheltenham is 42 years of age.

75.9% of people living in the suburb of Cheltenham were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.2% England, 1.7% Italy, 1.1% Greece, 1.0% China , 0.9% Croatia, 0.8% Philippines, 0.8% Germany, 0.6% Vietnam, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.6% Cyprus, 0.5% India, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.4% Poland.

79.9% of people living in Cheltenham speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.7% Greek, 3.1% Italian, 3.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.2% Other, 1.3% Russian, 1.1% Croatian, 0.8% Spanish, 0.7% Arabic, 0.5% Filipino .

The religious makeup of Cheltenham is 27.7% Catholic, 21.2% No religion, 12.3% Anglican, 9.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.6% Uniting Church, 6.5% Eastern Orthodox, 3.1% Lutheran, 2.9% Baptist, 2.7% Christian, nfd, 1.5% Pentecostal.

47.2% of people are married, 33.2% have never married and 10.2% are divorced and 3.4% are separated. There are 108 widowed people living in Cheltenham.

57.1% of the people living in Cheltenham over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.0% are working on a part time basis. Cheltenham has an unemployment rate of 4.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Cheltenham are 18.0% Professionals, 17.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.9% Technicians & trades workers, 10.9% Community & personal service workers, 10.8% Sales workers, 9.7% Labourers, 8.8% Managers, 8.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Cheltenham work in are 14.7% Health care and social assistance, 11.8% Manufacturing, 10.5% Retail trade, 9.4% Construction, 7.2% Education and training, 7.2% Public administration and safety, 7.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.9% Accommodation and food services, 4.7% Professional, scientific and technical services.

34.7% of homes are fully owned, and 38.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 23.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $541 per week and the median household income is $1088 per week.

The median rent in Cheltenham is $220 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1500 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Cheltenham postcode 5014