Watervale

23.1% of Watervale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

90 family households lived in Watervale; 51.1% were couple families and 7.8% were one-parent families.

43.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Watervale had 338 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 95.8% of occupied private dwellings in Watervale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

44.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

39.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Watervale had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 22.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 37.6%, while 29.1% had four or more usual residents.

10.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

62.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

1.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.6% 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 24.8% of the total.

76.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.9% reported a different address.

10.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

95.3% of residents used only English at home.

2.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.9% of Watervale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.1% 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 92.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.8% of ancestry responses in Watervale.

Australian ancestry made up 44.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

19.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 23.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.6% of workers, and education and training employed 12.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.1%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

43.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.6%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

61.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.4% reported asthma, 8.3% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.4%.

Median household income was $1,437 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,231.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $275 per week.

Working from home was 10.9% in Watervale, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 44.3% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 16.5% in Watervale, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.