Linley Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 394 people in Linley Point of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Linley Point was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in Linley Point aged 15 years and over, 61.2% were married and 7.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Linley Point was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Linley Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Linley Point was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 59 years.

In Linley Point 34.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.9% were in primary school, 31.3% in secondary school and 24.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Linley Point were English 20.1%, Chinese 16.8%, Australian 14.1%, Scottish 7.5% and Irish 5.9%.

In Linley Point, 63.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.3%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.3%, England 2.3%, Ireland 2.0% and New Zealand 2.0%.

In Linley Point, 36.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Linley Point were Catholic 38.3%, No Religion 16.6%, Anglican 15.6%, Buddhism 3.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Linley Point 69.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 7.6%, Mandarin 5.3%, Italian 3.3%, Greek 1.8% and Arabic 1.5%.

Employment

There were 211 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Linley Point. Of these 63.0% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 1.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Linley Point, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Linley Point was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Linley Point included Professionals 43.0%, Managers 23.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.3%, Sales Workers 5.3%, Labourers 2.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Linley Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.2%, Allied Health Services 4.7%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.8%, Medical Services 3.8% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Linley Point was $1,141.

In Linley Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Bus 8.2%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Train, car as driver 1.9% and Ferry, car as driver 1.9%. On the day, 14.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Linley Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Linley Point, 33.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Linley Point, 59.0% were couple families with children, 35.2% were couple families without children and 5.7% were one parent families.

In Linley Point 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Linley Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $4,291 and those without children was $3,281.

Employment status of couple families

In Linley Point, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 27.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Linley Point, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Linley Point, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Linley Point, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 23.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Linley Point, 52.5% were owned outright, 35.6% were owned with a mortgage and 11.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Linley Point, of all households, 83.2% were family households, 14.3% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Linley Point, 3.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 50.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Linley Point, 15.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 54.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Linley Point, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Linley Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Linley Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.