Salisbury Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Salisbury (4107) is a suburb of Brisbane, Southern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 9 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Salisbury is in the federal electorate of Moreton.

In the 2011 census the population of Salisbury was 6,096 and is comprised of approximately 49.7% females and 50.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Salisbury is 34 years of age.

68.3% of people living in the suburb of Salisbury were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.3% New Zealand, 2.7% India, 2.5% England, 1.6% China , 0.7% Hong Kong , 0.7% Philippines, 0.6% Liberia, 0.6% Vietnam, 0.6% Iraq, 0.5% Colombia, 0.5% Papua New Guinea, 0.5% Malaysia, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Sri Lanka.

76.2% of people living in Salisbury speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.9% Other, 1.8% Mandarin, 1.3% Spanish, 1.1% Arabic, 1.1% Cantonese, 0.9% Other, 0.9% Punjabi, 0.8% Vietnamese.

The religious makeup of Salisbury is 24.5% Catholic, 23.7% No religion, 13.1% Anglican, 9.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.6% Uniting Church, 3.0% Christian, nfd, 2.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.3% Islam, 2.0% Baptist, 1.9% Pentecostal.

42.4% of people are married, 40.1% have never married and 7.8% are divorced and 3.0% are separated. There are 337 widowed people living in Salisbury.

59.4% of the people living in Salisbury over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.9% are working on a part time basis. Salisbury has an unemployment rate of 5.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Salisbury are 24.9% Professionals, 15.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.3% Technicians & trades workers, 9.8% Labourers, 9.5% Managers, 9.0% Community & personal service workers, 7.9% Sales workers, 6.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Salisbury work in are 13.8% Health care and social assistance, 9.7% Manufacturing, 9.5% Education and training, 8.4% Public administration and safety, 8.3% Construction, 8.0% Retail trade, 7.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.2% Accommodation and food services, 5.1% Transport, postal and warehousing.

30.1% of homes are fully owned, and 37.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 29.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $600 per week and the median household income is $1344 per week.

The median rent in Salisbury is $320 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1900 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Salisbury postcode 4107