Salisbury (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 110,676 people were counted in Salisbury (C): of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 1.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C) there were 24,943 children aged 0-14 years and 19,903 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C), 99,145 people were Australian citizens, 29,645 were born overseas and 248 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C), 50.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.7% were separated or divorced, 4.8% were widowed and 31.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C), 69.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Salisbury (C) were England 9.7%, Viet Nam 2.4%, Italy 1.5%, Scotland 1.3% and Germany 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Salisbury (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 23.1%, No Religion 22.1%, Anglican 14.9%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Buddhism 3.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 3.3%, Italian 2.6%, Greek 1.4%, Khmer 1.2% and Polish 1.0%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 79.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 51,329 people aged 15 years and over in Salisbury (C) were in the labour force. Of these 56.3% worked full-time, 31.0% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.9% were unemployed. 32,480 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.0%, Associate Professionals 5.0%, Professionals 4.7%, Managers and Administrators 2.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Salisbury (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.5%, Business Services 3.9%, Food Retailing 3.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.2% and Health Services 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C), 30,913 families were counted: of these, 32.3% were couple families without children, 47.4% were couple families with children, 18.8% were one parent families and 1.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C), 40,732 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Salisbury (C), 85.7% were separate houses, 7.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C), 33.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 38.8% were being purchased and 23.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 20.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 40.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 37.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Salisbury (C), 75.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.9% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.