Salisbury Heights Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Salisbury Heights (5109) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 19 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Salisbury Heights is in the federal electorate of Makin.

In the 2011 census the population of Salisbury Heights was 5,055 and is comprised of approximately 50.2% females and 49.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Salisbury Heights is 37 years of age.

73.3% of people living in the suburb of Salisbury Heights were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 12.4% England, 1.6% Italy, 1.6% Scotland, 0.7% Germany, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.5% New Zealand, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% United States of America, 0.4% Greece, 0.3% Vietnam, 0.3% Lebanon, 0.3% Malaysia, 0.3% Wales.

88.3% of people living in Salisbury Heights speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.2% Italian, 2.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Greek, 0.8% Arabic, 0.6% Other, 0.5% Russian, 0.4% Vietnamese, 0.4% Polish, 0.2% German.

The religious makeup of Salisbury Heights is 27.3% No religion, 24.6% Catholic, 14.9% Anglican, 7.7% Uniting Church, 7.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.1% Lutheran, 3.0% Christian, nfd, 2.2% Eastern Orthodox, 1.7% Baptist, 1.6% Pentecostal.

57.1% of people are married, 31.0% have never married and 6.4% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 127 widowed people living in Salisbury Heights.

60.3% of the people living in Salisbury Heights over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.6% are working on a part time basis. Salisbury Heights has an unemployment rate of 4.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Salisbury Heights are 19.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 17.0% Technicians & trades workers, 13.4% Professionals, 11.5% Managers, 11.2% Sales workers, 9.6% Community & personal service workers, 9.3% Labourers, 7.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Salisbury Heights work in are 13.4% Manufacturing, 12.3% Retail trade, 11.2% Health care and social assistance, 10.9% Construction, 8.6% Public administration and safety, 5.7% Education and training, 5.6% Other services, 5.1% Accommodation and food services, 5.0% Transport, postal and warehousing.

33.4% of homes are fully owned, and 52.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 11.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $649 per week and the median household income is $1447 per week.

The median rent in Salisbury Heights is $265 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

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