Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of respondents aged 18 years and over, 2004 to 2013

	Year
	2004-2005	2006-2007	2008-2009	2010-2011	2012-2013
Age , (years)
18 – 39	37.3	36.9	36.4	35.4	34.2
40 – 64	43.2	43.3	43.7	44.6	45.0
65 and over	19.5	19.7	19.9	20.1	20.8
Sex (%)
Males	48.8	49.1	48.8	48.7	48.6
Females	51.2	50.9	51.2	51.3	51.4
Area of residence (%)
Metropolitan Adelaide	73.1	73.0	72.9	72.6	72.3
Country SA	26.9	27.0	27.1	27.4	27.7
Marital status (%)
Married/Living with partner	68.2	68.4	67.2	64.7	65.9
Separated/Divorced	6.9	6.9	6.6	6.9	6.6
Widowed	6.1	6.1	6.5	5.9	5.7
Never married	18.7	18.5	19.7	22.5	21.9
Education (%)
No schooling to secondary	54.8	51.7	51.2	50.3	46.1
Trade, certificate, diploma	25.2	26.7	25.6	27.2	30.6
Degree or higher	20.0	21.7	23.2	22.5	23.3
SEIFA (%)
Low/lowest quintile (most disadvantaged)	35.9	36.6	36.0	37.1	37.2
Middle quintile	20.4	20.0	20.5	20.5	21.1
High/highest quintile (most advantaged)	43.8	43.4	43.5	42.4	41.7
Gross annual household income (%)
≤ $40,000	40.1	34.7	30.1	28.5	26.8
$40,001 to $80,000	34.6	33.7	32.0	30.7	37.8
≥ $80,001	25.3	31.6	37.9	40.8	35.4
Home ownership status (%)
Own/being purchased	83.2	84.9	85.1	85.3	84.2
Rent or others	16.8	15.1	14.9	14.7	15.8