Lindfield Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Lindfield (2070) is a suburb of Sydney, Upper North Shore, New South Wales. It is about 11 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Lindfield is in the federal electorate of Bradfield.

In the 2011 census the population of Lindfield was 8,657 and is comprised of approximately 51.9% females and 48.1% males.

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

60.4% of people living in the suburb of Lindfield were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.0% England, 4.5% China , 3.6% Hong Kong , 2.4% Korea, Republic of , 2.0% New Zealand, 1.8% South Africa, 1.4% India, 1.4% Malaysia, 1.2% Taiwan, 1.1% United States of America, 1.0% Japan, 0.7% Singapore, 0.6% Philippines, 0.5% Iran.

69.8% of people living in Lindfield speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.6% Cantonese, 5.5% Mandarin, 4.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.0% Korean, 1.2% Japanese, 1.1% Other, 0.7% Italian, 0.6% Persian, 0.6% Hindi.

The religious makeup of Lindfield is 23.8% Catholic, 23.3% No religion, 21.3% Anglican, 7.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.5% Uniting Church, 3.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.1% Buddhism, 2.2% Judaism, 1.6% Christian, nfd, 1.6% Hinduism.

58.7% of people are married, 28.9% have never married and 5.1% are divorced and 1.6% are separated. There are 386 widowed people living in Lindfield.

59.0% of the people living in Lindfield over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.8% are working on a part time basis. Lindfield has an unemployment rate of 4.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Lindfield are 40.0% Professionals, 20.2% Managers, 14.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.1% Sales workers, 6.8% Community & personal service workers, 4.9% Technicians & trades workers, 2.5% Labourers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 1.1% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Lindfield work in are 17.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 12.1% Health care and social assistance, 11.8% Financial and insurance services, 9.4% Education and training, 7.9% Retail trade, 5.7% Wholesale trade, 4.7% Accommodation and food services, 4.5% Manufacturing, 4.3% Information media and telecommunications.

43.2% of homes are fully owned, and 33.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 20.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $855 per week and the median household income is $2414 per week.

The median rent in Lindfield is $500 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $3000 per month.

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