South Australia Demographics
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South Australia Demographics
The population at the last national Census was 1,467,261 people (722,327 males and 744,934 females) with an average age of 37. There were 23,425 people of Indigenous origin living in the region.
Birthplace
Of the population, 75% were Australian-born with the remaining residents hailing from the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany. English was the only language spoken at home by 84% of the population, with Italian, Greek and Vietnamese the next most common languages spoken.
IT
Of the population, 40% had recently used a personal computer at home with 13% under 20 years old, 17% between 20 and 44 and 10% aged 44 and over. The total number of people who had recently used the Internet was 516,303.
Labour force
During the week prior to Census 635,325 people in South Australia (347,687 males and 287,638 females) were employed, representing 92% of the labour force. Of these 63% were working full-time. Within the total workforce 9% were employed as Managers and Administrators and 17% as Professionals.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics more
