# Our community - who are we?

Approximately 4,000 people live in Bridgewater and Mount George across 1,600 households.

* 33% are couples with children,
    
* 25% are couples,
    
* 22% are lone person households, and
    
* 10% are solo parents with children.
    

38% of residents has/had a parent who was born overseas. We are slightly younger compared with the rest of the Adelaide Hills Council area combined, with lower proportions of people aged 50+.

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A full understanding of people living with disability is not available at Bridgewater township level. However, we do know 33% of residents live with one or more long term health conditions.

39% of us have a Bachelor degree or higher and ~26% have a certificate and/or diploma level qualification. Approximately a quarter of us are engaged in full time employment, and slightly less than a quarter are not in the workforce or engaged in study.

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10% of us rent our homes, 52% own their home with a mortgage and 34% own their home outright.