Lochiel

12.5% of Lochiel's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

34 family households lived in Lochiel; 38.2% were couple families and 14.7% were one-parent families.

11.8% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

Lochiel had 104 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 104.8% of occupied private dwellings in Lochiel.

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

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

69.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

17.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

The average household in Lochiel had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 29.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 50.0%, while 8.3% had four or more usual residents.

5.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

48.1% 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 13.5% 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 29.2% of the total.

62.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

75.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 24.4% reported a different address.

2.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

90.4% 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.

2.9% of Lochiel's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 97.1% 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 87.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 55.8% of ancestry responses in Lochiel.

Australian ancestry made up 47.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 19.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.2% of workers, and education and training employed 5.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.4%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

28.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

54.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 16.3% arthritis and 13.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.6%.

Median household income was $1,208 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $175 per week.

Working from home was 5.8% in Lochiel, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 69.2% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 12.8% in Lochiel, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.