Plympton Park Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Plympton Park (5038) is a suburb of Adelaide, Western & Beach Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 8 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Plympton Park is in the federal electorate of Hindmarsh.

In the 2011 census the population of Plympton Park was 2,869 and is comprised of approximately 51.9% females and 48.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Plympton Park is 39 years of age.

73.6% of people living in the suburb of Plympton Park were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.4% England, 2.1% China , 2.1% India, 1.2% Greece, 1.0% Philippines, 0.9% Malaysia, 0.9% Italy, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.6% Vietnam, 0.5% Germany, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% United States of America, 0.4% Poland, 0.4% Bosnia and Herzegovina.

77.7% of people living in Plympton Park speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.9% Greek, 2.3% Mandarin, 1.7% Italian, 1.7% Other, 1.5% Cantonese, 1.2% Hindi, 0.8% Arabic, 0.8% Tagalog.

The religious makeup of Plympton Park is 28.3% No religion, 22.6% Catholic, 12.1% Anglican, 8.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.9% Uniting Church, 4.1% Eastern Orthodox, 2.7% Lutheran, 2.2% Hinduism, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Baptist.

42.3% of people are married, 36.7% have never married and 11.1% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 186 widowed people living in Plympton Park.

57.6% of the people living in Plympton Park over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.0% are working on a part time basis. Plympton Park has an unemployment rate of 5.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Plympton Park are 22.9% Professionals, 15.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.8% Technicians & trades workers, 11.2% Community & personal service workers, 10.6% Managers, 10.2% Labourers, 8.8% Sales workers, 5.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Plympton Park work in are 14.7% Health care and social assistance, 10.1% Retail trade, 8.7% Education and training, 8.4% Manufacturing, 7.9% Construction, 7.6% Public administration and safety, 6.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.3% Accommodation and food services, 4.3% Financial and insurance services.

29.7% of homes are fully owned, and 30.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 36.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $534 per week and the median household income is $912 per week.

The median rent in Plympton Park is $230 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1560 per month.

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