Salisbury Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,258 people in Salisbury Downs of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Salisbury Downs was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Salisbury Downs aged 15 years and over, 43.5% were married and 14.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Salisbury Downs was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Salisbury Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Salisbury Downs was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Salisbury Downs 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 17.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Salisbury Downs were English 27.0%, Australian 23.8%, Italian 5.4%, Scottish 5.0% and German 4.8%.

In Salisbury Downs, 65.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.2%, Vietnam 3.6%, Italy 2.0%, Philippines 1.3% and Cambodia 1.2%.

In Salisbury Downs, 44.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 43.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Salisbury Downs were No Religion 26.0%, Catholic 23.5%, Anglican 11.4%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Buddhism 4.8%.

In Salisbury Downs 71.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 5.8%, Italian 2.8%, Greek 1.6%, Khmer 1.6% and Serbian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 2,313 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Salisbury Downs. Of these 55.9% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 11.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Salisbury Downs, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Salisbury Downs was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Salisbury Downs included Labourers 18.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Professionals 8.4% and Managers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Salisbury Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%, Road Freight Transport 3.4%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.3% and Residential Care Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Salisbury Downs was $394.

In Salisbury Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.1%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Train 2.3%, Bus 1.4% and Walked only 1.1%. On the day, 6.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Salisbury Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.3% 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 Downs, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Salisbury Downs, 41.5% were couple families with children, 32.7% were couple families without children and 23.7% were one parent families.

In Salisbury Downs 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Salisbury Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $1,684.

Employment status of couple families

In Salisbury Downs, of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 13.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Salisbury Downs, 80.8% were separate houses, 15.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Salisbury Downs, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 13.1% had 2 bedrooms and 62.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salisbury Downs, 27.6% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 36.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Salisbury Downs, of all households, 69.5% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Salisbury Downs, 35.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.4% 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 Downs, 40.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Salisbury Downs, there were 117 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 55 (or 47.0%) were male and 62 (or 53.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $662.

In Salisbury Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $108 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.