Salisbury East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,848 people in Salisbury East of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Salisbury East was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in Salisbury East aged 15 years and over, 45.7% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Salisbury East was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Salisbury East, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Salisbury East was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Salisbury East 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 21.0% in secondary school and 18.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Salisbury East were English 33.7%, Australian 25.3%, Scottish 6.0%, German 5.5% and Irish 5.0%.

In Salisbury East, 67.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.0%, Scotland 1.5%, Italy 1.4%, Vietnam 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

In Salisbury East, 48.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Salisbury East were No Religion 27.0%, Catholic 18.4%, Anglican 14.7%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Lutheran 3.4%.

In Salisbury East 83.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.9%, Vietnamese 1.4%, Greek 1.1%, Arabic 0.7% and Croatian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 4,026 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Salisbury East. Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Salisbury East, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Salisbury East included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Labourers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Professionals 11.1%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7% and Managers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Salisbury East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, School Education 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%, Residential Care Services 3.3% and Road Freight Transport 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Salisbury East was $466.

In Salisbury East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.0%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Bus 5.3%, Walked only 1.1% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 7.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Salisbury East, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.3% 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 East, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Salisbury East, 37.8% were couple families with children, 41.0% were couple families without children and 19.6% were one parent families.

In Salisbury East 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Salisbury East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,907 and those without children was $1,661.

Employment status of couple families

In Salisbury East, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Salisbury East, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salisbury East, 83.5% were separate houses, 8.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Salisbury East, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 63.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salisbury East, 32.9% were owned outright, 37.7% were owned with a mortgage and 24.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Salisbury East, of all households, 69.8% were family households, 27.3% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Salisbury East, 28.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 East, 42.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Salisbury East, there were 132 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 59 (or 44.7%) were male and 73 (or 55.3%) were female. The median age was 19 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 East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Salisbury East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.