Dismal Swamp

28.6% of Dismal Swamp's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

13 family households lived in Dismal Swamp; 84.6% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

38.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Dismal Swamp had 63 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.5% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Dismal Swamp.

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

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

37.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

18.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

43.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Dismal Swamp had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 38.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 14.3%, while 33.3% had four or more usual residents.

24.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

51.5% 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 15.2% 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 0.0% of the total.

100.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

81.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 18.5% reported a different address.

0.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

96.8% 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.

0.0% of Dismal Swamp's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 100.0% 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 95.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.5% of ancestry responses in Dismal Swamp.

Australian ancestry made up 44.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

9.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 45.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.1% of workers, and education and training employed 12.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 77.8%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

29.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 27.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

73.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.8% reported asthma, 4.8% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

39.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.8%.

Median household income was $1,916 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,417.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $150 per week.

Working from home was 24.2% in Dismal Swamp, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 37.5% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 43.8% in Dismal Swamp, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.