Loveday Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Loveday (5345) is a suburb of Mid North, Riverland, South Australia. It is about 181 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Loveday is in the federal electorate of Barker.

In the 2011 census the population of Loveday was 660 and is comprised of approximately 49.1% females and 50.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Loveday is 40 years of age.

87.8% of people living in the suburb of Loveday were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.4% England, 1.5% Greece, 1.2% India, 0.9% Kenya, 0.8% South Africa, 0.6% Italy, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% New Zealand, 0.5% Germany.

87.0% of people living in Loveday speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.1% Greek, 3.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.7% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.9% Punjabi, 0.8% Dutch, 0.6% Italian.

The religious makeup of Loveday is 37.6% No religion, 12.6% Catholic, 11.5% Uniting Church, 8.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.3% Anglican, 7.3% Lutheran, 6.2% Eastern Orthodox, 1.7% Churches of Christ, 1.2% Christian, nfd, 1.1% Presbyterian and Reformed.

52.0% of people are married, 32.3% have never married and 9.2% are divorced and 4.0% are separated. There are 13 widowed people living in Loveday.

56.0% of the people living in Loveday over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.9% are working on a part time basis. Loveday has an unemployment rate of 4.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Loveday are 18.9% Labourers, 17.8% Managers, 16.8% Technicians & trades workers, 13.5% Community & personal service workers, 11.4% Professionals, 7.7% Sales workers, 7.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 6.7% Clerical & administrative workers.

The main industries people from Loveday work in are 14.6% Manufacturing, 13.3% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 12.3% Health care and social assistance, 9.3% Retail trade, 8.6% Education and training, 5.6% Administrative and support services, 5.0% Public administration and safety, 5.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.0% Electricity, gas, water and waste services.

31.5% of homes are fully owned, and 47.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 19.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $473 per week and the median household income is $958 per week.

The median rent in Loveday is $123 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1083 per month.

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