East Lindfield

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,628 people in East Lindfield of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in East Lindfield was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population.

Of people in East Lindfield aged 15 years and over, 64.1% were married and 4.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Lindfield was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In East Lindfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Lindfield was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In East Lindfield 37.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 25.9% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Lindfield were English 24.8%, Australian 23.5%, Chinese 12.2%, Scottish 7.4% and Irish 7.1%.

In East Lindfield, 62.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.0%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.4%, New Zealand 2.2% and South Africa 1.8%.

In East Lindfield, 39.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 43.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Lindfield were Anglican 25.0%, No Religion 24.0%, Catholic 20.5%, Judaism 3.9% and Uniting Church 3.7%.

In East Lindfield 74.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 7.3%, Mandarin 4.4%, Korean 1.1%, Japanese 0.9% and Italian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 1,545 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Lindfield. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Lindfield, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Lindfield was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in East Lindfield included Professionals 42.7%, Managers 22.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.9%, Labourers 2.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.7%.

Of the employed people in East Lindfield, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 6.3%, Computer System Design and Related Services 5.3%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.6%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.3% and Depository Financial Intermediation 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Lindfield was $894.

In East Lindfield, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.6%, Train 8.8%, Bus 5.7%, Car, as passenger 4.3% and Train, car as driver 2.5%. On the day, 21.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Lindfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.8% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.3% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in East Lindfield, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Lindfield, 63.1% were couple families with children, 27.4% were couple families without children and 8.4% were one parent families.

In East Lindfield 19.5% of single parents were male and 80.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Lindfield, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,548 and those without children was $3,083.

Employment status of couple families

In East Lindfield, of couple families with children, 15.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Lindfield, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Lindfield, 92.3% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In East Lindfield, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 9.1% had 2 bedrooms and 26.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Lindfield, 51.2% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 11.2% were rented.

Household composition

In East Lindfield, of all households, 83.9% were family households, 15.0% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In East Lindfield, 10.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 37.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In East Lindfield, 28.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Lindfield, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 48 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In East Lindfield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,900.

In East Lindfield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $640 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,700.