Salisbury Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,070 people in Salisbury Park of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Salisbury Park was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Salisbury Park aged 15 years and over, 45.1% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Salisbury Park was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Salisbury Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Salisbury Park was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Salisbury Park 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 20.9% in secondary school and 15.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Salisbury Park were English 33.7%, Australian 26.9%, Scottish 7.1%, Irish 5.9% and German 5.4%.

In Salisbury Park, 72.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.4%, Scotland 1.7%, Netherlands 0.9%, Germany 0.8% and New Zealand 0.7%.

In Salisbury Park, 49.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Salisbury Park were No Religion 29.2%, Catholic 19.6%, Anglican 15.5%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Christian, nfd 2.8%.

In Salisbury Park 88.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.4%, Greek 1.2%, German 0.6%, Arabic 0.6% and Maltese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,046 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Salisbury Park. Of these 56.6% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Salisbury Park, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Salisbury Park was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Salisbury Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.9%, Labourers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7%, Professionals 9.0% and Managers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Salisbury Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.1%, School Education 3.5%, Residential Care Services 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4% and Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Salisbury Park was $522.

In Salisbury Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Bus 2.6%, Train 1.2% and Other 1.2%. On the day, 5.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Salisbury Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.8% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.6% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Salisbury Park, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Salisbury Park, 36.6% were couple families with children, 39.4% were couple families without children and 22.8% were one parent families.

In Salisbury Park 14.8% of single parents were male and 85.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Salisbury Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,929 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Salisbury Park, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 20.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Salisbury Park, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salisbury Park, 89.1% were separate houses, 7.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Salisbury Park, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 8.8% had 2 bedrooms and 72.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salisbury Park, 27.5% were owned outright, 41.0% were owned with a mortgage and 28.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Salisbury Park, of all households, 69.5% were family households, 27.1% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Salisbury Park, 28.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Salisbury Park, 42.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Salisbury Park, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 33.3%) were male and 20 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 18 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Salisbury Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Salisbury Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $375 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,900.