Blyth

18.7% of Blyth's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

148 family households lived in Blyth; 37.8% were couple families and 16.2% were one-parent families.

33.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Blyth had 518 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 86.4% of occupied private dwellings in Blyth.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

38.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

43.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Blyth had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 25.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 41.8%, while 25.5% had four or more usual residents.

7.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

61.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.6% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

One-car households formed 29.5% of the total.

63.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.0% reported a different address.

5.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

92.3% of residents used only English at home.

1.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.8% of Blyth's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.2% 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 92.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.0% of ancestry responses in Blyth.

Australian ancestry made up 45.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 17.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.2% of workers, and education and training employed 5.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.9%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

32.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

54.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.0% reported asthma, 10.0% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.1%.

Median household income was $1,269 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $997.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 7.5% in Blyth, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 38.9% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 17.4% in Blyth, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.