Lidcombe

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 16,670 people in Lidcombe of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Lidcombe was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Lidcombe aged 15 years and over, 52.7% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lidcombe was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Lidcombe, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lidcombe was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Lidcombe 33.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.0% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 33.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lidcombe were Chinese 23.7%, Korean 10.7%, Australian 6.7%, English 6.5% and Lebanese 4.3%.

In Lidcombe, 32.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 11.2%, Korea, Republic of (South) 10.0%, Vietnam 7.2%, Sri Lanka 3.0% and India 2.9%.

In Lidcombe, 8.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 86.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lidcombe were Catholic 23.1%, No Religion 16.9%, Buddhism 12.2%, Islam 12.0% and Hinduism 7.9%.

In Lidcombe 19.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 12.4%, Korean 11.8%, Mandarin 9.4%, Arabic 6.2% and Vietnamese 4.5%.

Employment

There were 8,090 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lidcombe. Of these 59.5% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lidcombe, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lidcombe was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Lidcombe included Professionals 21.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Labourers 13.6%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Managers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Lidcombe, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.5%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.3%, Hospitals 3.1%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.0% and Computer System Design and Related Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lidcombe was $444.

In Lidcombe, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.6%, Train 27.1%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Train, bus 3.3% and Walked only 2.7%. On the day, 33.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lidcombe, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.1% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.7% 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 Lidcombe, 20.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lidcombe, 50.8% were couple families with children, 30.3% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Lidcombe 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lidcombe, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,147 and those without children was $1,797.

Employment status of couple families

In Lidcombe, of couple families with children, 22.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 11.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lidcombe, 95.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lidcombe, 59.7% were separate houses, 19.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 20.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Lidcombe, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 30.0% had 2 bedrooms and 40.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lidcombe, 27.1% were owned outright, 35.5% were owned with a mortgage and 33.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Lidcombe, of all households, 79.5% were family households, 15.2% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Lidcombe, 22.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.7% 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 Lidcombe, 42.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lidcombe, there were 70 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 50.0%) were male and 35 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Lidcombe, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,416.

In Lidcombe, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $410 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,647.