Salisbury NSW 2420
108 addresses · 5 streets
Lyne Electorate › Dungog LGA › Salisbury · 189 km from Sydney
Living Here
Salisbury is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 50 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Dungog statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Salisbury itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Getting around. Airport: Singleton Airport, 56.4 km south-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 65.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 65.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 74.8% |
Demographics
Population by age in Salisbury
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Salisbury
| House | 19 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Salisbury
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Salisbury
| Australian | 25 |
|---|---|
| English | 23 |
| Irish | 9 |
| German | 7 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Salisbury
| Owned | 15 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Salisbury
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Salisbury
| Car | 10 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,238 bird observations recorded near Salisbury — most often seen:
- Variegated Fairy-wren (76)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (67)
- Bell Miner (64)
- Australian Brush-turkey (61)
- Black-faced Monarch (60)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (56)
- Superb Fairy-wren (51)
- Eastern Spinebill (47)
- Striated Thornbill (47)
- Crimson Rosella (46)
- Pied Currawong (42)
- Rufous Fantail (40)
- Grey Fantail (39)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Salisbury
- Eastern Whipbird (38)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (38)
- White-browed Scrubwren (38)
- Satin Bowerbird (37)
- Laughing Kookaburra (35)
- Silvereye (35)
- Yellow-throated Scrubwren (34)
- Australian King-parrot (33)
- Brown Thornbill (31)
- Red-browed Finch (30)
- Golden Whistler (29)
- Superb Lyrebird (29)
- Green Catbird (28)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (28)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (28)
- Brown Gerygone (26)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (25)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Salisbury:
- Upper Allyn (4.4 km)
- Chichester (6.9 km)
- Eccleston (8.9 km)
- Underbank (12.1 km)
- Halton (12.8 km)
- Carrabolla (15.5 km)
- Lostock (17.2 km)
- Bandon Grove (17.8 km)
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Streets
- Allyn River Road (1)
- Chichester Road (2)
- Rumbels Road (5)
- Salisbury Gap Road (6)
- Salisbury Road (94)
