Salt Ash

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,099 people in Salt Ash of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Salt Ash was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Salt Ash aged 15 years and over, 56.8% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Salt Ash was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Salt Ash, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Salt Ash was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Salt Ash 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 24.7% in secondary school and 15.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Salt Ash were Australian 34.5%, English 34.5%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 6.7% and German 3.2%.

In Salt Ash, 85.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 0.8%, Germany 0.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.3% and Denmark 0.3%.

In Salt Ash, 76.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Salt Ash were Anglican 30.2%, Catholic 19.8%, No Religion 17.9%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Baptist 4.4%.

In Salt Ash 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, Dutch 0.3%, Danish 0.3%, Macedonian 0.3% and Vietnamese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 518 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Salt Ash. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Salt Ash, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Salt Ash was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Salt Ash included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.9%, Managers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Labourers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.2% and Professionals 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Salt Ash, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.8%, Residential Building Construction 3.0%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.0%, Hospitals 3.0% and School Education 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Salt Ash was $453.

In Salt Ash, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.8%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Truck 2.0%, Walked only 2.0% and Motorbike/scooter 0.8%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Salt Ash, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.2% 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 Salt Ash, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Salt Ash, 43.1% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In Salt Ash 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Salt Ash, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,942 and those without children was $1,406.

Employment status of couple families

In Salt Ash, of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Salt Ash, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salt Ash, 97.3% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Salt Ash, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 8.7% had 2 bedrooms and 43.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salt Ash, 42.7% were owned outright, 42.1% were owned with a mortgage and 13.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Salt Ash, of all households, 83.2% were family households, 16.0% were single person households and 0.8% were group households.

In Salt Ash, 25.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Salt Ash, 21.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Salt Ash, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 61.3%) were male and 12 (or 38.7%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Salt Ash, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Salt Ash, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,585.