Salisbury Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Salisbury (5108) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 19 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Salisbury is in the federal electorates of Port Adelaide, Wakefield.

In the 2011 census the population of Salisbury was 7,551 and is comprised of approximately 50.4% females and 49.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Salisbury is 40 years of age.

60.4% of people living in the suburb of Salisbury were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.3% England, 3.2% Italy, 2.9% Bhutan, 1.4% Vietnam, 1.3% Philippines, 1.1% India, 1.1% Cambodia, 1.0% Nepal, 0.9% Burma , 0.9% Scotland, 0.8% Germany, 0.7% China , 0.7% Netherlands, 0.7% Afghanistan.

67.8% of people living in Salisbury speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 5.2% Italian, 4.1% Other, 4.1% Other, 2.0% Vietnamese, 1.6% Khmer, 0.9% Greek, 0.8% Tagalog, 0.8% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of Salisbury is 25.1% Catholic, 22.4% No religion, 11.0% Anglican, 9.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.9% Uniting Church, 4.5% Hinduism, 3.2% Buddhism, 2.7% Lutheran, 2.3% Baptist, 2.2% Christian, nfd.

39.1% of people are married, 34.9% have never married and 12.3% are divorced and 4.5% are separated. There are 573 widowed people living in Salisbury.

56.0% of the people living in Salisbury over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.5% are working on a part time basis. Salisbury has an unemployment rate of 10.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Salisbury are 17.5% Labourers, 14.9% Technicians & trades workers, 13.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 11.2% Community & personal service workers, 10.6% Professionals, 10.3% Sales workers, 7.5% Managers, 2.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Salisbury work in are 17.2% Manufacturing, 12.4% Health care and social assistance, 12.0% Retail trade, 8.0% Construction, 6.4% Public administration and safety, 6.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.3% Accommodation and food services, 5.2% Education and training, 4.3% Other services.

28.4% of homes are fully owned, and 25.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 41.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $396 per week and the median household income is $758 per week.

The median rent in Salisbury is $200 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1200 per month.

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