Lochaber

23.0% of Lochaber's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

27 family households lived in Lochaber; 48.1% were couple families and 18.5% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Lochaber had 122 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

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

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

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

54.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

18.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.3% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Lochaber had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 27.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 39.5%, while 23.3% had four or more usual residents.

37.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

36.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.5% 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.

76.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.5% reported a different address.

9.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

86.9% 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.

9.8% of Lochaber's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.2% 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 82.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.5% of ancestry responses in Lochaber.

Australian ancestry made up 41.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

9.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 68.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.5% of workers, and education and training employed 4.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 79.8%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

47.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.4%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

67.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

2.5% reported asthma, 3.3% arthritis and 2.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.0%.

Median household income was $2,374 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $250.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $139 per week.

Working from home was 37.5% in Lochaber, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 54.5% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 27.3% in Lochaber, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.