Matta Flat

23.2% of Matta Flat's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

27 family households lived in Matta Flat; 51.9% were couple families and 11.1% were one-parent families.

40.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Matta Flat had 82 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 85.3% of occupied private dwellings in Matta Flat.

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

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

58.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

24.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.2% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Matta Flat had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 27.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 20.7%, while 24.1% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

80.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above 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 34.5% of the total.

72.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

83.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 16.9% reported a different address.

3.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

93.9% 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.

3.7% of Matta Flat's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.3% 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 86.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.6% of ancestry responses in Matta Flat.

Australian ancestry made up 46.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

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

Health care and social assistance employed 9.7% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.5%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

25.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

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

43.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 15.9% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 55.9%.

Median household income was $1,312 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $845.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $125 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Matta Flat, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 58.6% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 17.2% in Matta Flat, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.