Australian Demographic Profile
American River, SA 5221
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~206
Median age
67
Median income
Low-mid
$400-$499/wk
Top profile
Retired
53%
Profile composition (top three)
- Retired and semi-retired53%
- Young singles and non-workers22%
- Established partnered households8.1%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~206
- Sex split
- F 49% / M 51%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 16%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)8.3%
- Young adults (15-24)5.8%
- Early career (25-39)5.8%
- Mid career (40-59)17%
- Senior (60+)63%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in American River: Low-mid ($400-$499/wk).
- No / not stated24%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)46%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)27%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)2.4%
- Very high ($3k+)0%
Top occupations
- Labourers21%
- Managers19%
- Professionals14%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to SA and Australia
| American River | SA avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 67 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 16% | 20% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →