Mount Gambier Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Mount Gambier (5290) is a suburb of South, South East, South Australia. It is about 377 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Mount Gambier is in the federal electorate of Barker.

In the 2011 census the population of Mount Gambier was 24,905 and is comprised of approximately 51.7% females and 48.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mount Gambier is 37 years of age.

85.8% of people living in the suburb of Mount Gambier were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.7% England, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.7% Italy, 0.7% Netherlands, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Germany, 0.5% Burma , 0.4% Thailand, 0.4% Philippines, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% India, 0.2% Congo, Democratic Republic of, 0.1% Greece, 0.1% Croatia.

92.1% of people living in Mount Gambier speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.7% Other, 1.1% Italian, 0.3% Dutch, 0.3% Greek, 0.2% German, 0.1% Tagalog, 0.1% Mandarin, 0.1% Polish.

The religious makeup of Mount Gambier is 31.4% No religion, 21.2% Catholic, 10.4% Anglican, 8.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 8.0% Uniting Church, 6.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.5% Lutheran, 2.2% Christian, nfd, 2.0% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal.

47.0% of people are married, 33.0% have never married and 9.6% are divorced and 3.3% are separated. There are 1414 widowed people living in Mount Gambier.

56.4% of the people living in Mount Gambier over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.0% are working on a part time basis. Mount Gambier has an unemployment rate of 7.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Mount Gambier are 16.0% Technicians & trades workers, 13.8% Professionals, 13.5% Labourers, 12.5% Sales workers, 12.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.7% Community & personal service workers, 10.2% Managers, 9.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Mount Gambier work in are 14.7% Manufacturing, 14.7% Retail trade, 11.9% Health care and social assistance, 7.9% Accommodation and food services, 7.8% Construction, 7.5% Education and training, 4.7% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 4.5% Public administration and safety, 4.5% Transport, postal and warehousing.

27.5% of homes are fully owned, and 34.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 33.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $502 per week and the median household income is $892 per week.

The median rent in Mount Gambier is $160 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1250 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Mount Gambier postcode 5290