Lindenow South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 549 people in Lindenow South of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Lindenow South was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2% of the population.

Of people in Lindenow South aged 15 years and over, 55.0% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lindenow South was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Lindenow South, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lindenow South was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Lindenow South 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.1% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 16.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lindenow South were Australian 35.4%, English 30.1%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.7% and Italian 3.3%.

In Lindenow South, 90.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.4%, New Zealand 0.9%, Netherlands 0.7% and Russian Federation 0.7%.

In Lindenow South, 84.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lindenow South were No Religion 30.7%, Catholic 19.4%, Anglican 16.7%, Uniting Church 10.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Lindenow South 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.7%, Dutch 0.5%, Russian 0.5%, Vietnamese 0.5% and Auslan 0.5%.

Employment

There were 298 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lindenow South. Of these 53.0% were employed full time, 39.3% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lindenow South, 13.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lindenow South was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Lindenow South included Managers 21.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Professionals 13.7%, Labourers 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5%, Sales Workers 8.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Lindenow South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.8%, Residential Care Services 5.9%, Road Freight Transport 4.5%, School Education 4.2% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lindenow South was $491.

In Lindenow South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.3%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Walked only 4.9%, Truck 1.4% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lindenow South, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 15.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.2% 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 Lindenow South, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lindenow South, 47.4% were couple families with children, 42.9% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Lindenow South 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lindenow South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,297.

Employment status of couple families

In Lindenow South, of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 26.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lindenow South, 89.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lindenow South, 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 Lindenow South, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 51.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lindenow South, 41.5% were owned outright, 46.7% were owned with a mortgage and 8.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Lindenow South, of all households, 79.9% were family households, 20.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lindenow South, 22.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Lindenow South, 21.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lindenow South, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 55.6%) were male and 4 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Lindenow South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,458.

In Lindenow South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $223 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.