Alford

18.2% of Alford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

45 family households lived in Alford; 37.8% were couple families and 17.8% were one-parent families.

44.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Alford had 159 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 104.5% of occupied private dwellings in Alford.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

66.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

20.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

The average household in Alford had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 39.1%, while 13.0% had four or more usual residents.

7.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

56.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

One-car households formed 33.3% of the total.

65.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.4% reported a different address.

2.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

93.1% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

2.5% of Alford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 97.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.1% of ancestry responses in Alford.

Australian ancestry made up 47.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

21.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 36.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 4.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.5% of workers, and education and training employed 11.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.7%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

30.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

58.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.0% reported asthma, 17.0% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.5%.

Median household income was $1,286 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $587.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 7.0% in Alford, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 66.7% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 13.3% in Alford, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.