Salisbury Plain Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Salisbury Plain (5109) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 18 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Salisbury Plain is in the federal electorate of Wakefield.

In the 2011 census the population of Salisbury Plain was 1,166 and is comprised of approximately 49.7% females and 50.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Salisbury Plain is 38 years of age.

69.3% of people living in the suburb of Salisbury Plain were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.6% England, 3.4% Italy, 2.6% Greece, 1.2% Scotland, 1.0% Vietnam, 0.9% Ireland, 0.7% India, 0.7% Poland, 0.5% Bolivia, Plurinational State of, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Burma , 0.4% France, 0.4% Cambodia, 0.3% Afghanistan.

77.4% of people living in Salisbury Plain speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.0% Italian, 4.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.1% Greek, 1.8% Vietnamese, 1.2% Other, 0.9% Macedonian, 0.6% Spanish, 0.6% Persian, 0.5% Khmer.

The religious makeup of Salisbury Plain is 26.7% No religion, 25.7% Catholic, 13.3% Anglican, 7.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.5% Uniting Church, 5.7% Eastern Orthodox, 3.1% Pentecostal, 1.8% Buddhism, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Lutheran.

44.2% of people are married, 35.2% have never married and 10.0% are divorced and 4.4% are separated. There are 60 widowed people living in Salisbury Plain.

61.6% of the people living in Salisbury Plain over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 24.9% are working on a part time basis. Salisbury Plain has an unemployment rate of 6.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Salisbury Plain are 18.2% Technicians & trades workers, 14.8% Labourers, 13.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 11.7% Professionals, 11.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.7% Managers, 10.4% Sales workers, 8.0% Community & personal service workers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Salisbury Plain work in are 16.5% Manufacturing, 14.2% Retail trade, 12.4% Health care and social assistance, 9.5% Construction, 5.6% Education and training, 5.6% Public administration and safety, 5.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.2% Administrative and support services, 5.0% Wholesale trade.

31.4% of homes are fully owned, and 38.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 28.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $507 per week and the median household income is $971 per week.

The median rent in Salisbury Plain is $210 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Salisbury Plain postcode 5109