Leeton (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 11,424 people were counted in Leeton (A): of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Of the total population 3.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Leeton (A) there were 2,897 children aged 0-14 years and 2,400 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Leeton (A), 10,617 people were Australian citizens, 891 were born overseas and 45 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Leeton (A), 53.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.3% were separated or divorced, 6.7% were widowed and 30.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Leeton (A), 86.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Leeton (A) were Italy 2.4%, England 1.2%, New Zealand 0.8%, Scotland 0.3% and India 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Leeton (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 38.9%, Anglican 24.9%, Presbyterian & Reformed 7.9%, Uniting Church 7.2% and No Religion 6.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Leeton (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 4.5%, Punjabi 0.3%, Cantonese 0.2%, Greek 0.1% and Fijian 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89% of people counted.

Employment

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During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,198 people aged 15 years and over in Leeton (A) were in the labour force. Of these 65.3% worked full-time, 26.3% worked part-time, 3.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.2% were unemployed. 2,953 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Leeton (A), the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 10.6%, Managers and Administrators 7.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.3%, Professionals 7.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.3%, Associate Professionals 5.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Leeton (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 10.9%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 6.4%, Education 4.8%, Business Services 3.2% and Food Retailing 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Leeton (A), 2,939 families were counted: of these, 35.1% were couple families without children, 49.3% were couple families with children, 13.7% were one parent families and 1.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Leeton (A), 4,070 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Leeton (A), 84.2% were separate houses, 4.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.6% were flats, units or apartments and 3.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Leeton (A), 41.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.3% were being purchased and 25.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Leeton (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 37.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 17.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 43.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Leeton (A), 71.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.