Salisbury Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,055 people in Salisbury Heights of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Salisbury Heights was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.1% of the population.

Of people in Salisbury Heights aged 15 years and over, 57.1% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Salisbury Heights was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Salisbury Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% 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 Salisbury Heights was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Salisbury Heights 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.3% were in primary school, 24.6% in secondary school and 17.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Salisbury Heights were English 33.9%, Australian 26.5%, Italian 7.6%, Scottish 5.6% and Irish 5.1%.

In Salisbury Heights, 73.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.4%, Italy 1.6%, Scotland 1.5%, Germany 0.7% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Salisbury Heights, 48.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Salisbury Heights were No Religion 27.3%, Catholic 24.6%, Anglican 14.9%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Lutheran 3.1%.

In Salisbury Heights 88.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.2%, Greek 1.0%, Arabic 0.8%, Russian 0.5% and Vietnamese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,829 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Salisbury Heights. Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Salisbury Heights, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Salisbury Heights was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Salisbury Heights included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Professionals 13.5%, Managers 11.5%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Labourers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Salisbury Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Hospitals 3.1%, Building Installation Services 3.0% and Road Freight Transport 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Salisbury Heights was $649.

In Salisbury Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.4%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Bus 4.2%, Truck 1.4% and Walked only 0.8%. On the day, 5.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Salisbury Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.5% 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, 14.9% 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 Heights, 29.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Salisbury Heights, 53.4% were couple families with children, 34.1% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

In Salisbury Heights 22.3% of single parents were male and 77.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Salisbury Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,204 and those without children was $1,889.

Employment status of couple families

In Salisbury Heights, of couple families with children, 23.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Salisbury Heights, 95.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salisbury Heights, 97.0% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Salisbury Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 2.9% had 2 bedrooms and 51.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salisbury Heights, 33.4% were owned outright, 52.8% were owned with a mortgage and 11.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Salisbury Heights, of all households, 84.0% were family households, 14.6% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Salisbury Heights, 13.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.8% 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 Heights, 24.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Salisbury Heights, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 27 (or 64.3%) were male and 15 (or 35.7%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,542.

In Salisbury Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $318 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.