Largs Bay Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Largs Bay (5016) is a suburb of Adelaide, Western & Beach Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 15 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Largs Bay is in the federal electorate of Port Adelaide.

In the 2011 census the population of Largs Bay was 3,951 and is comprised of approximately 51.1% females and 48.9% males.

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

79.9% of people living in the suburb of Largs Bay were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.5% England, 1.2% Scotland, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.7% Germany, 0.7% Italy, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% United States of America, 0.4% Poland, 0.4% China , 0.3% Netherlands, 0.3% Bangladesh, 0.3% Greece, 0.3% India, 0.3% Wales.

90.4% of people living in Largs Bay speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.3% Italian, 0.8% Other, 0.8% Greek, 0.6% Polish, 0.6% German, 0.4% Russian, 0.3% Croatian, 0.3% Bengali.

The religious makeup of Largs Bay is 32.2% No religion, 24.1% Catholic, 14.8% Anglican, 8.3% Uniting Church, 8.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.1% Christian, nfd, 2.0% Baptist, 2.0% Lutheran, 1.7% Eastern Orthodox, 0.9% Presbyterian and Reformed.

44.2% of people are married, 34.6% have never married and 9.2% are divorced and 3.6% are separated. There are 278 widowed people living in Largs Bay.

59.6% of the people living in Largs Bay over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.9% are working on a part time basis. Largs Bay has an unemployment rate of 4.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Largs Bay are 22.6% Professionals, 16.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.2% Technicians & trades workers, 11.5% Managers, 10.9% Community & personal service workers, 9.1% Sales workers, 7.7% Labourers, 5.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Largs Bay work in are 13.6% Health care and social assistance, 11.7% Manufacturing, 9.3% Education and training, 9.3% Public administration and safety, 9.0% Retail trade, 6.7% Construction, 5.7% Accommodation and food services, 5.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.3% Transport, postal and warehousing.

33.9% of homes are fully owned, and 40.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 21.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $569 per week and the median household income is $1207 per week.

The median rent in Largs Bay is $260 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1600 per month.

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