Novar Gardens Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Novar Gardens (5040) is a suburb of Adelaide, Western & Beach Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 7 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Novar Gardens is in the federal electorate of Hindmarsh.

In the 2011 census the population of Novar Gardens was 2,325 and is comprised of approximately 51.9% females and 48.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Novar Gardens is 47 years of age.

74.9% of people living in the suburb of Novar Gardens were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.0% England, 1.9% China , 1.1% Scotland, 0.9% India, 0.7% Hong Kong , 0.7% Iraq, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.6% Germany, 0.6% Bosnia and Herzegovina, 0.6% Afghanistan, 0.6% Greece, 0.5% Croatia, 0.5% Taiwan, 0.5% Philippines.

82.6% of people living in Novar Gardens speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.5% Cantonese, 2.0% Greek, 1.4% Mandarin, 1.3% Other, 1.2% Arabic, 0.8% Italian, 0.7% Persian, 0.6% Serbian.

The religious makeup of Novar Gardens is 22.4% No religion, 21.6% Catholic, 14.6% Anglican, 11.0% Uniting Church, 8.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.8% Lutheran, 3.6% Eastern Orthodox, 2.5% Islam, 1.5% Baptist, 1.5% Christian, nfd.

54.8% of people are married, 27.4% have never married and 9.1% are divorced and 2.1% are separated. There are 132 widowed people living in Novar Gardens.

52.9% of the people living in Novar Gardens over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 35.5% are working on a part time basis. Novar Gardens has an unemployment rate of 4.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Novar Gardens are 22.8% Professionals, 19.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.2% Managers, 10.9% Technicians & trades workers, 10.7% Community & personal service workers, 10.4% Sales workers, 7.0% Labourers, 3.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Novar Gardens work in are 13.2% Health care and social assistance, 10.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 9.6% Retail trade, 8.5% Education and training, 8.2% Accommodation and food services, 7.2% Construction, 7.0% Public administration and safety, 6.5% Manufacturing, 6.2% Financial and insurance services.

41.2% of homes are fully owned, and 26.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 28.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $497 per week and the median household income is $984 per week.

The median rent in Novar Gardens is $100 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1500 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Novar Gardens postcode 5040