Luddenham Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Luddenham (2745) is a suburb of Sydney, Blue Mountains, New South Wales. It is about 47 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Luddenham is in the federal electorates of Lindsay, Macarthur.

In the 2011 census the population of Luddenham was 1,496 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Luddenham is 36 years of age.

79.7% of people living in the suburb of Luddenham were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.7% Italy, 2.5% England, 1.7% Malta, 1.1% Croatia, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.8% Lebanon, 0.7% Northern Ireland, 0.5% Germany, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Philippines, 0.3% Eastern Europe, nfd, 0.3% Jordan, 0.3% Canada, 0.3% Wales.

82.0% of people living in Luddenham speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 4.4% Italian, 3.1% Arabic, 1.6% Croatian, 1.5% Maltese, 0.7% Other, 0.4% Khmer, 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Luddenham is 48.6% Catholic, 19.6% Anglican, 9.3% No religion, 6.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.6% Uniting Church, 3.0% Eastern Orthodox, 1.5% Latter-day Saints, 1.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.5% Baptist, 0.7% Islam.

54.0% of people are married, 32.5% have never married and 6.6% are divorced and 3.0% are separated. There are 46 widowed people living in Luddenham.

62.1% of the people living in Luddenham over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.7% are working on a part time basis. Luddenham has an unemployment rate of 4.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Luddenham are 16.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 16.1% Managers, 14.5% Technicians & trades workers, 11.3% Professionals, 10.7% Labourers, 10.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.3% Sales workers, 8.3% Community & personal service workers, 2.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Luddenham work in are 14.7% Construction, 13.1% Retail trade, 11.6% Manufacturing, 8.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.8% Health care and social assistance, 5.5% Other services, 5.2% Education and training, 5.2% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.8% Public administration and safety.

34.9% of homes are fully owned, and 34.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 26.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $634 per week and the median household income is $1562 per week.

The median rent in Luddenham is $340 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2400 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Luddenham postcode 2745