Australian Demographic Profile
Penfield, SA 5121
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~358
Median age
72
Median income
Low-mid
$400-$499/wk
Top profile
Retired
58%
Profile composition (top three)
- Retired and semi-retired58%
- Young singles and non-workers30%
- Non-earning dependants6.8%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~358
- Sex split
- F 54% / M 46%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 4.5%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)4.2%
- Young adults (15-24)4.2%
- Early career (25-39)4.7%
- Mid career (40-59)15%
- Senior (60+)72%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Penfield: Low-mid ($400-$499/wk).
- No / not stated27%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)38%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)33%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)1.8%
- Very high ($3k+)0%
Top occupations
- Managers38%
- Community and Personal Service Workers16%
- Labourers16%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to SA and Australia
| Penfield | SA avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 72 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 4.5% | 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 →