Point Leo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 159 people in Point Leo of these 56.0% were male and 44.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Point Leo was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population.

Of people in Point Leo aged 15 years and over, 62.3% were married and 6.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Point Leo was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Point Leo, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Point Leo was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Point Leo 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.1% were in primary school, 43.2% in secondary school and 22.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Point Leo were English 41.7%, Australian 20.1%, Irish 18.6%, Scottish 7.4% and Welsh 2.0%.

In Point Leo, 85.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 8.8%, Latvia 1.9%, New Zealand 1.9% and Philippines 1.9%.

In Point Leo, 76.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Point Leo were No Religion 36.2%, Catholic 24.4%, Anglican 14.4%, Uniting Church 9.4% and Christian, nfd 2.5%.

In Point Leo 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.9% and Filipino 1.9%.

Employment

There were 95 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Point Leo. Of these 51.6% were employed full time, 40.0% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Point Leo, 17.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Point Leo was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Point Leo included Managers 20.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.4%, Professionals 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9%, Labourers 4.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Point Leo, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 12.4%, Residential Building Construction 9.0%, Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 6.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.7% and Recreational Goods Retailing 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Point Leo was $789.

In Point Leo, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 69.3%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Bicycle 3.4% and Walked only 3.4%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Point Leo, of people aged 15 years and over, 90.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.6% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 44.6% 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 Point Leo, 34.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Point Leo, 53.1% were couple families with children, 38.8% were couple families without children and 8.2% were one parent families.

In Point Leo 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Point Leo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,312 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Point Leo, of couple families with children, 26.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 33.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Point Leo, 51.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 48.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Leo, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Point Leo, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.1% had 2 bedrooms and 47.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Leo, 66.1% were owned outright, 26.8% were owned with a mortgage and 0.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Point Leo, of all households, 86.0% were family households, 14.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Point Leo, 8.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.7% 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 Point Leo, 10.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Point Leo, 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 71 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 Point Leo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

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