Linden Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,888 people in Linden Park of these 45.5% were male and 54.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Linden Park was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 31.8% of the population.

Of people in Linden Park aged 15 years and over, 50.3% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Linden Park was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Linden Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Linden Park was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Linden Park 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.9% were in primary school, 20.2% in secondary school and 29.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Linden Park were English 24.2%, Australian 22.6%, Chinese 7.0%, Scottish 6.6% and Irish 5.4%.

In Linden Park, 62.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.1%, India 1.9%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.6% and New Zealand 1.4%.

In Linden Park, 49.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Linden Park were No Religion 25.2%, Catholic 20.7%, Anglican 14.1%, Uniting Church 10.9% and Eastern Orthodox 2.8%.

In Linden Park 69.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.8%, Italian 2.1%, Korean 1.6%, Cantonese 1.5% and Greek 1.4%.

Employment

There were 798 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Linden Park. Of these 53.8% were employed full time, 37.7% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Linden Park, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Linden Park was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Linden Park included Professionals 42.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Managers 12.7%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.9%, Labourers 4.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Linden Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.1%, School Education 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Medical Services 4.4% and Allied Health Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Linden Park was $630.

In Linden Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Bus 7.0%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Bicycle 2.6% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 6.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Linden Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.3% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.3% 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 Linden Park, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Linden Park, 40.5% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Linden Park 14.8% of single parents were male and 85.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Linden Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,788 and those without children was $2,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Linden Park, of couple families with children, 17.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 19.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Linden Park, 89.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Linden Park, 63.4% were separate houses, 21.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Linden Park, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 30.2% had 2 bedrooms and 46.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Linden Park, 51.9% were owned outright, 22.9% were owned with a mortgage and 19.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Linden Park, of all households, 63.2% were family households, 34.0% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Linden Park, 22.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.3% 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 Linden Park, 44.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Linden Park, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 66 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 Linden Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Linden Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.