Yorketown Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Yorketown (5576) is a suburb of Spencer Gulf, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. It is about 91 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Yorketown is in the federal electorate of Grey.

In the 2011 census the population of Yorketown was 680 and is comprised of approximately 48.8% females and 51.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Yorketown is 50 years of age.

88.4% of people living in the suburb of Yorketown were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.7% England, 0.7% India, 0.7% Papua New Guinea, 0.6% Philippines, 0.6% Germany.

97.5% of people living in Yorketown speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.4% Italian.

The religious makeup of Yorketown is 23.1% Uniting Church, 19.2% No religion, 17.5% Anglican, 14.7% Catholic, 8.8% Lutheran, 6.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.4% Pentecostal, 1.5% Baptist, 1.3% Christian, nfd, 0.9% Jehovah's Witnesses.

52.2% of people are married, 21.9% have never married and 11.2% are divorced and 5.8% are separated. There are 50 widowed people living in Yorketown.

54.3% of the people living in Yorketown over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 36.9% are working on a part time basis. Yorketown has an unemployment rate of 4.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Yorketown are 17.8% Managers, 17.4% Technicians & trades workers, 16.7% Labourers, 12.6% Professionals, 11.5% Community & personal service workers, 9.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.8% Sales workers, 5.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Yorketown work in are 21.9% Retail trade, 11.1% Accommodation and food services, 10.7% Health care and social assistance, 10.4% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 8.9% Construction, 5.9% Manufacturing, 5.6% Public administration and safety, 4.4% Mining, 4.4% Education and training.

46.0% of homes are fully owned, and 25.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 24.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $396 per week and the median household income is $679 per week.

The median rent in Yorketown is $150 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1067 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Yorketown postcode 5576

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