Melton

17.2% of Melton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

9 family households lived in Melton; 55.6% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

55.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Melton had 29 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.6% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 41.2% of occupied private dwellings in Melton.

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

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

50.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

50.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

The average household in Melton had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 0.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

Two-person households represented 42.9%, while 0.0% 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.

75.0% 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 42.9% of the total.

42.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

100.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 0.0% reported a different address.

10.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

72.4% 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.

10.3% of Melton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.7% 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 93.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 51.7% of ancestry responses in Melton.

Australian ancestry made up 55.2% 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 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.0%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

31.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

37.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

0.0% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 10.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

0.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 120.0%.

Median household income was $1,624 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $433.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $0 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 50.0% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Melton, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.