Salary secondary in our top suburbs Janine and Michael Joy with their children Avigayil, 6 months, and Thomas, 21 months. TELL US: Do you consider your community as rich or poor? IT TAKES more than just money to live in Adelaide's most "advantaged" suburb, new Census data shows. The south-eastern suburb of Belair topped the polls because the Australian Bureau of Statistics now also ranked a combination of other key lifestyle factors such as employment levels, house size and mortgage repayments in each area. Belair topped the latest list despite each householder earning an average $1692 a week - or almost half that brought home by residents in the blue ribbon suburb of Medindie, at $2952. Belair was one of four Adelaide Hills suburbs included in the top five most socially and economicly advantageous locations to live, according to Census 2011 figures released yesterday. In contrast, outer northern and southern suburbs filled the five most disadvantaged list. Again, income levels alone were not a true measuring stick, as householders in Davoren Park earned $78 a week more on average than those in Christie Downs but were considered more disadvantaged by the ABS number crunchers. Roxby Downs was the most advantageous country location and Peterborough most disadvantaged. Social researcher David Chalke said salary levels were neither the best determination of happiness nor measure of advantage. "Quite often you find people from high-income households are the most time poor because both parents are working flat chat to pay off a big mortgage," he said. So life is a lot more than money, look at education levels, quality of housing and mortgage repayments because they too are an important measure of the quality of life. This opinion is shared by long-term Elizabeth Grove resident Michael Joy, who is raising a family with wife Janine in an area tarred by what he considered an "unfair stigma." "We were attracted by the housing affordability of the area because we didn't want mortgage repayments that would kill us," professional driving instructor Mr Joy said. This means we have money to spend on things like swimming lessons and private schooling for the kids and holidays with relatives around Australia. A local councillor, Mr Joy, 28, said other advantages in his suburb included the parks, proximity to shopping and community spirit.