Linden Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Linden (2778) is a suburb of Sydney, Blue Mountains, New South Wales. It is about 67 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Linden is in the federal electorate of Macquarie.

In the 2011 census the population of Linden was 594 and is comprised of approximately 48.3% females and 51.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Linden is 40 years of age.

77.9% of people living in the suburb of Linden were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.0% England, 1.7% New Zealand, 1.3% Guernsey, 1.2% Scotland, 1.0% Mauritius, 1.0% Poland, 0.8% Argentina, 0.7% Hungary, 0.7% Wales, 0.7% United States of America, 0.7% Germany, 0.7% Malta, 0.5% China , 0.5% Netherlands.

93.6% of people living in Linden speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Croatian, 0.8% Italian, 0.7% Spanish, 0.5% Other, 0.5% Korean, 0.5% Maltese, 0.5% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of Linden is 29.0% No religion, 25.1% Catholic, 20.5% Anglican, 6.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.2% Baptist, 4.0% Uniting Church, 2.5% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Other Religious Groups, 1.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.3% Other religious affiliation .

56.9% of people are married, 26.6% have never married and 8.9% are divorced and 4.4% are separated. There are 15 widowed people living in Linden.

55.6% of the people living in Linden over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.9% are working on a part time basis. Linden has an unemployment rate of 5.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Linden are 30.4% Professionals, 14.9% Managers, 14.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.5% Technicians & trades workers, 9.9% Community & personal service workers, 6.9% Sales workers, 6.3% Labourers, 3.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Linden work in are 20.2% Health care and social assistance, 12.3% Education and training, 7.3% Public administration and safety, 6.6% Manufacturing, 6.3% Construction, 6.0% Retail trade, 6.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.3% Administrative and support services.

34.9% of homes are fully owned, and 52.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 10.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $715 per week and the median household income is $1692 per week.

The median rent in Linden is $285 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Linden postcode 2778