Sandalwood

14.5% of Sandalwood's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

15 family households lived in Sandalwood; 26.7% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

20.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Sandalwood had 62 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 127.8% of occupied private dwellings in Sandalwood.

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

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

36.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

63.6% 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 Sandalwood had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 47.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 17.4%, while 26.1% had four or more usual residents.

38.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

51.3% 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 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 0.0% of the total.

52.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

86.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 13.7% reported a different address.

4.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

77.4% of residents used only English at home.

6.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.8% of Sandalwood's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.2% 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 74.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.5% of ancestry responses in Sandalwood.

Australian ancestry made up 43.5% 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 35.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.8% of workers, and education and training employed 12.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.1%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

38.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

58.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

0.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

0.0% reported asthma, 4.8% arthritis and 0.0% 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 8.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.9%.

Median household income was $1,062 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $120 per week.

Working from home was 38.5% in Sandalwood, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 36.4% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

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