Lysterfield Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Lysterfield (3156) is a suburb of Melbourne, East, Victoria. It is about 30 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Lysterfield is in the federal electorates of Aston, La Trobe.

In the 2011 census the population of Lysterfield was 6,551 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

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

76.5% of people living in the suburb of Lysterfield were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.0% England, 1.5% Sri Lanka, 1.2% Italy, 1.1% India, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.8% South Africa, 0.7% Malaysia, 0.7% Philippines, 0.6% Egypt, 0.6% Poland, 0.6% Germany, 0.5% Greece, 0.5% Afghanistan, 0.5% Singapore.

82.0% of people living in Lysterfield speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.5% Italian, 1.9% Greek, 1.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.5% Arabic, 1.4% Other, 0.9% Mandarin, 0.7% Cantonese, 0.6% Polish, 0.6% Dari.

The religious makeup of Lysterfield is 32.1% Catholic, 22.5% No religion, 15.6% Anglican, 5.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.0% Uniting Church, 3.9% Eastern Orthodox, 2.5% Christian, nfd, 2.5% Islam, 2.1% Pentecostal, 1.9% Presbyterian and Reformed.

59.8% of people are married, 30.9% have never married and 4.9% are divorced and 1.9% are separated. There are 132 widowed people living in Lysterfield.

59.1% of the people living in Lysterfield over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.5% are working on a part time basis. Lysterfield has an unemployment rate of 4.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Lysterfield are 18.3% Professionals, 18.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.9% Managers, 15.2% Technicians & trades workers, 13.2% Sales workers, 7.4% Community & personal service workers, 6.1% Labourers, 4.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Lysterfield work in are 14.2% Retail trade, 13.1% Manufacturing, 11.8% Construction, 9.3% Health care and social assistance, 7.2% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.0% Wholesale trade, 6.1% Education and training, 4.7% Financial and insurance services, 4.3% Accommodation and food services.

29.3% of homes are fully owned, and 61.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 7.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $699 per week and the median household income is $2101 per week.

The median rent in Lysterfield is $350 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

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