Lynbrook Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Lynbrook (3975) is a suburb of Melbourne, South East, Victoria. It is about 36 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Lynbrook is in the federal electorate of Holt.

In the 2011 census the population of Lynbrook was 6,772 and is comprised of approximately 50.3% females and 49.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Lynbrook is 32 years of age.

48.8% of people living in the suburb of Lynbrook were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.7% India, 4.9% Sri Lanka, 2.9% New Zealand, 2.6% China , 2.3% Philippines, 2.0% Cambodia, 2.0% Mauritius, 2.0% Fiji, 1.8% Afghanistan, 1.7% England, 0.9% Turkey, 0.9% Vietnam, 0.9% Timor-Leste, 0.8% Chile.

51.1% of people living in Lynbrook speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.7% Other, 3.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.6% Sinhalese, 3.6% Hindi, 2.9% Mandarin, 2.7% Khmer, 2.3% Spanish, 2.2% Punjabi, 1.9% Tamil.

The religious makeup of Lynbrook is 29.7% Catholic, 16.3% No religion, 8.7% Buddhism, 8.1% Islam, 6.7% Anglican, 6.5% Hinduism, 5.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.9% Eastern Orthodox, 2.6% Other Religious Groups, 2.5% Pentecostal.

60.8% of people are married, 26.9% have never married and 4.7% are divorced and 2.7% are separated. There are 243 widowed people living in Lynbrook.

66.6% of the people living in Lynbrook over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 22.9% are working on a part time basis. Lynbrook has an unemployment rate of 5.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Lynbrook are 16.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.8% Technicians & trades workers, 14.7% Professionals, 12.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 11.6% Labourers, 10.0% Managers, 8.7% Sales workers, 8.4% Community & personal service workers, 2.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Lynbrook work in are 22.3% Manufacturing, 10.8% Retail trade, 10.6% Health care and social assistance, 6.5% Wholesale trade, 6.3% Construction, 5.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.0% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.7% Education and training, 4.6% Financial and insurance services.

13.6% of homes are fully owned, and 70.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 13.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $629 per week and the median household income is $1612 per week.

The median rent in Lynbrook is $345 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Lynbrook postcode 3975