Salisbury Plain

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,166 people in Salisbury Plain of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Salisbury Plain was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2% of the population.

Of people in Salisbury Plain aged 15 years and over, 44.4% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Salisbury Plain was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Salisbury Plain, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Salisbury Plain was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Salisbury Plain 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.1% were in primary school, 17.4% in secondary school and 18.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Salisbury Plain were English 27.9%, Australian 23.8%, Italian 9.0%, Irish 6.9% and Scottish 5.6%.

In Salisbury Plain, 69.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.6%, Italy 3.4%, Greece 2.5%, Scotland 1.2% and Ireland 0.9%.

In Salisbury Plain, 45.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Salisbury Plain were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 25.6%, Anglican 13.1%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Eastern Orthodox 5.7%.

In Salisbury Plain 77.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.2%, Greek 2.8%, Vietnamese 1.9%, Macedonian 1.1% and Spanish 0.7%.

Employment

There were 547 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Salisbury Plain. Of these 61.4% were employed full time, 24.5% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Salisbury Plain, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Salisbury Plain was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Salisbury Plain included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Labourers 15.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.1%, Professionals 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Managers 10.8%, Sales Workers 9.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Salisbury Plain, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.3%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.7%, Residential Care Services 3.7%, Building Installation Services 3.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Salisbury Plain was $507.

In Salisbury Plain, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.3%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Train 3.3%, Bus 1.2% and Other 0.8%. On the day, 4.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Salisbury Plain, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.4% 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 Plain, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Salisbury Plain, 40.2% were couple families with children, 38.7% were couple families without children and 19.8% were one parent families.

In Salisbury Plain 25.8% of single parents were male and 74.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Salisbury Plain, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,760 and those without children was $1,704.

Employment status of couple families

In Salisbury Plain, of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 17.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Salisbury Plain, 96.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salisbury Plain, 89.4% were separate houses, 10.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Salisbury Plain, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.2% had 2 bedrooms and 63.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salisbury Plain, 31.2% were owned outright, 37.6% were owned with a mortgage and 27.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Salisbury Plain, of all households, 69.1% were family households, 28.1% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Salisbury Plain, 27.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Plain, 39.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Salisbury Plain, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 53.6%) were male and 13 (or 46.4%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Plain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Salisbury Plain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,574.