Riverton

13.1% of Riverton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

273 family households lived in Riverton; 26.0% were couple families and 18.3% were one-parent families.

26.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Riverton had 1,029 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

52.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 94.9% of occupied private dwellings in Riverton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

49.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

29.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.0% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Riverton had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 35.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 40.9%, while 11.3% had four or more usual residents.

10.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

66.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.3% walked or cycled.

4.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

One-car households formed 37.5% of the total.

57.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.4% reported a different address.

12.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

91.9% of residents used only English at home.

1.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.1% of Riverton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.7% of ancestry responses in Riverton.

Australian ancestry made up 39.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

14.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 18.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.9% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.3%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

21.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

44.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 17.3% arthritis and 8.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.8%.

Median household income was $1,023 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $959.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 10.7% in Riverton, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 49.4% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 21.0% in Riverton, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.