Lynwood Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Lynwood (6147) is a suburb of Perth, South Perth Suburbs, Western Australia. It is about 11 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Lynwood is in the federal electorate of Swan.

In the 2011 census the population of Lynwood was 3,146 and is comprised of approximately 49.7% females and 50.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Lynwood is 34 years of age.

50.1% of people living in the suburb of Lynwood were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 10.9% England, 4.2% Malaysia, 3.6% China , 3.5% New Zealand, 3.3% India, 1.4% South Africa, 1.2% Philippines, 1.1% Scotland, 1.0% Sri Lanka, 1.0% Korea, Republic of , 0.9% Singapore, 0.9% Indonesia, 0.7% Afghanistan, 0.7% Bangladesh.

70.7% of people living in Lynwood speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.8% Mandarin, 3.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.4% Other, 2.3% Cantonese, 1.4% Tamil, 1.2% Korean, 1.0% Indonesian, 0.8% Bengali, 0.8% Other.

The religious makeup of Lynwood is 27.3% No religion, 18.8% Catholic, 16.8% Anglican, 7.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.1% Buddhism, 3.5% Uniting Church, 3.4% Islam, 3.2% Hinduism, 2.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.6% Christian, nfd.

45.6% of people are married, 37.5% have never married and 8.7% are divorced and 3.4% are separated. There are 123 widowed people living in Lynwood.

60.2% of the people living in Lynwood over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.7% are working on a part time basis. Lynwood has an unemployment rate of 6.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Lynwood are 18.3% Professionals, 15.9% Technicians & trades workers, 15.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.9% Labourers, 11.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.0% Community & personal service workers, 8.3% Sales workers, 7.1% Managers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Lynwood work in are 10.8% Manufacturing, 10.4% Health care and social assistance, 9.6% Retail trade, 8.4% Construction, 7.4% Public administration and safety, 6.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.5% Education and training, 6.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.5% Wholesale trade.

32.7% of homes are fully owned, and 40.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 25.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $569 per week and the median household income is $1149 per week.

The median rent in Lynwood is $310 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1586 per month.

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