Salisbury (C) - North-East

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 21,840 people were counted in Salisbury (C) - North-East: of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 1.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C) - North-East there were 4,726 children aged 0-14 years and 4,230 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C) - North-East, 19,361 people were Australian citizens, 6,094 were born overseas and 51 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C) - North-East, 53.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.6% were separated or divorced, 4.6% were widowed and 30.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C) - North-East, 68.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Salisbury (C) - North-East were England 14.0%, Italy 1.8%, Scotland 1.7%, Viet Nam 1.0% and Germany 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Salisbury (C) - North-East on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 21.9%, Catholic 21.9%, Anglican 17.9%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Orthodox 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C) - North-East, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 3.1%, Vietnamese 1.5%, Greek 1.5%, Croatian 0.5% and Polish 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 85.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 10,729 people aged 15 years and over in Salisbury (C) - North-East were in the labour force. Of these 57.1% worked full-time, 32.2% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.3% were unemployed. 6,061 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C) - North-East, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.6%, Associate Professionals 5.9%, Professionals 5.7%, Managers and Administrators 2.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Salisbury (C) - North-East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.5%, Business Services 4.1%, Food Retailing 3.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8% and Health Services 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C) - North-East, 6,244 families were counted: of these, 34.2% were couple families without children, 48.2% were couple families with children, 16.3% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C) - North-East, 8,139 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Salisbury (C) - North-East, 88.9% were separate houses, 4.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C) - North-East, 36.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 39.4% were being purchased and 20.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C) - North-East, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 27.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 30.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 41.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C) - North-East, 75.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.