Salisbury
151,019 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 160 km², 29 suburbs. Council website: salisbury.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to Aug 2026.
Population
151,019
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.3% in a year
Density
945/km²
160 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$630k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$68
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
6.3 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to Aug 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
2 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
29
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 36
- Median household income
- $1,356/week
- Median rent
- $300/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,300/month
- Households renting
- 29.0%
- Average household
- 2.6 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 2 of 10
Suburbs
29 suburbs where Salisbury holds most residents, plus 2 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parafield Gardens | 18,467 | All | $814kSept 2026 | 22% / 0% | 1 |
| Paralowie | 17,504 | All | $735kSept 2026 | 28% / 0% | 1 |
| Mawson Lakes | 13,794 | All | $930kSept 2026 | 27% / 0% | 8 |
| Salisbury North | 10,683 | All | $717kSept 2026 | 38% / 0% | 1 |
| Ingle Farm | 9,543 | All | $855kSept 2026 | 18% / 0% | 2 |
| Salisbury East | 9,273 | All | $809kSept 2026 | 25% / 51% | 1 |
| Salisbury (SA) | 8,841 | All | $811kSept 2026 | 26% / 0% | 1 |
| Pooraka | 7,583 | All | $858kSept 2026 | 23% / 0% | 2 |
| Para Hills | 6,793 | All | $825kSept 2026 | 15% / 0% | 2 |
| Burton (SA) | 6,519 | All | $750kSept 2026 | 43% / 8% | 1 |
| Valley View | 6,405 | 46% | $900kSept 2026 | – / 0% | 4 |
| Salisbury Downs | 6,296 | All | $760kSept 2026 | 26% / 0% | 1 |
| Salisbury Heights | 4,488 | All | $925kSept 2026 | 20% / 76% | 5 |
| Elizabeth Vale | 4,331 | 10% | $755kSept 2026 | 17% / <1% | 1 |
| Gulfview Heights | 3,674 | 99% | $950kSept 2026 | 10% / 43% | 7 |
| Walkley Heights | 3,513 | 89% | $865kSept 2026 | 6% / 0% | 7 |
| Brahma Lodge | 3,380 | All | $825kSept 2026 | 34% / 0% | 1 |
| Para Hills West | 3,295 | All | $825kSept 2026 | 47% / 0% | 1 |
| Para Vista | 3,023 | All | $790kSept 2026 | 3% / 0% | 2 |
| Salisbury Park | 2,276 | All | $750kSept 2026 | 42% / <1% | 1 |
| Salisbury Plain | 1,333 | All | $2.6MSept 2026 | 26% / 0% | 1 |
| Waterloo Corner | 1,103 | 16% | 46% / 84% | 2 | |
| Direk | 913 | All | $817kSept 2026 | 23% / 34% | 2 |
| Edinburgh | 376 | All | 26% / 14% | ||
| Globe Derby Park | 360 | All | 55% / 0% | 3 | |
| Bolivar | 357 | All | 31% / 0% | 1 | |
| Green Fields | 170 | All | $911kMar 2026 | 27% / 0% | 6 |
| St Kilda (SA) | 88 | All | $722kSept 2026 | 11% / 7% | 1 |
| Salisbury South | 78 | All | 53% / 0% | 1 | |
| Cavan (SA) | 32 | All | $300kDec 2017 | 0% / 0% | 8 |
| Parafield | 21 | All | 28% / 0% |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Flood planning land
26%
Over 30 of 31 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 24 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2017 to Sept 2026).
- Lowest suburb median
- $300k
- Median of suburb medians
- $821k
- Highest suburb median
- $2.6M
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Makin · Tony ZAPPIA (ALP)59%
- Spence · Matt BURNELL (ALP)41%
State districts
- Florey · Michael Brown (ALP)30%
- Playford · John Fulbrook (ALP)29%
- Ramsay · Zoe Bettison (ALP)22%
- Wright · Blair Boyer (ALP)9%
- King · Rhiannon Pearce (ALP)5%
- Enfield · Andrea Michaels (ALP)2%
- Torrens · Dana Wortley (ALP)2%
- Taylor · Nick Champion (ALP)1%
- Port Adelaide · Susan Close (ALP)1%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 12 suburbs of this council. An aggregate only: published at 3 or more cut listings council-wide (cuts in every crawled suburb count), and a suburb is named only when it has 3 of its own. Computed 8 Nov 2026; newest crawl observation 8 Nov 2026.
- Listings cut
- 124
- of 673 tracked
- Share cut
- 18.4%
- Typical cut
- 3.8%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Mawson Lakes (24), Ingle Farm (20), Parafield Gardens (15), Para Hills (11), Paralowie (10), Salisbury North (10). All price drops →
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every South Australia council on the council map or the South Australia council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Asking-price cuts: Shorted listing crawl, aggregates only. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-11-05.