Salisbury Plains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 220 people in Salisbury Plains of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Salisbury Plains was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.7% of the population.

Of people in Salisbury Plains aged 15 years and over, 74.4% were married and 3.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Salisbury Plains was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Salisbury Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Salisbury Plains was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 23 years.

In Salisbury Plains 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.8% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 23.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Salisbury Plains were Australian 30.3%, English 29.0%, Irish 16.5%, Scottish 8.8% and German 3.0%.

In Salisbury Plains, 78.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were United States of America 2.3%, England 1.8% and New Zealand 1.8%.

In Salisbury Plains, 80.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Salisbury Plains were Anglican 31.2%, Catholic 21.3%, No Religion 13.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.9% and Baptist 3.2%.

In Salisbury Plains 86.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 131 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Salisbury Plains. Of these 65.6% were employed full time, 27.5% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Salisbury Plains, 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Salisbury Plains was 56 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Salisbury Plains were Managers 53.5%, Professionals 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Labourers 10.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.4% and Sales Workers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Salisbury Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 60.6%, Airport Operations and Other Air Transport Support Services 3.1%, Real Estate Services 3.1%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 2.4% and Clothing and Footwear Manufacturing 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Salisbury Plains was $529.

In Salisbury Plains, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 37.0%, Walked only 10.2%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Other 3.9% and Motorbike/scooter 3.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 43.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Salisbury Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.7% 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 Plains, 30.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Salisbury Plains, 35.5% were couple families with children, 64.5% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Salisbury Plains 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Salisbury Plains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,300 and those without children was $2,022.

Employment status of couple families

In Salisbury Plains, of couple families with children, 29.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 26.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Salisbury Plains, 79.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salisbury Plains, 95.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

In Salisbury Plains, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.3% had 2 bedrooms and 52.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salisbury Plains, 48.6% were owned outright, 17.6% were owned with a mortgage and 28.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Salisbury Plains, of all households, 87.8% were family households, 12.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Salisbury Plains, 27.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Plains, 18.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Salisbury Plains, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Salisbury Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.