Leeman

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 356 people in Leeman of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Leeman was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in Leeman aged 15 years and over, 42.1% were married and 21.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Leeman was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Leeman, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Leeman was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Leeman 20.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.7% were in primary school, 14.5% in secondary school and 5.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Leeman were Australian 39.4%, English 33.3%, Scottish 7.4%, Irish 3.9% and Maori 1.7%.

In Leeman, 78.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.7%, New Zealand 5.9%, Taiwan 2.5%, Canada 0.8% and Germany 0.8%.

In Leeman, 64.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Leeman were No Religion 33.5%, Anglican 29.6%, Catholic 16.1%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Christian, nfd 2.0%.

In Leeman 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Mandarin 2.8% and Indonesian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 165 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Leeman. Of these 66.1% were employed full time, 18.8% were employed part-time and 8.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Leeman, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Leeman was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Leeman were Labourers 28.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Managers 14.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6% and Professionals 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Leeman, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fishing 10.0%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 8.7%, Local Government Administration 5.3%, School Education 5.3% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Leeman was $455.

In Leeman, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.4%, Car, as passenger 13.8%, Walked only 7.2%, Other 5.9% and Bus 3.9%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Leeman, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.4% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.4% 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 Leeman, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Leeman, 26.5% were couple families with children, 57.1% were couple families without children and 16.3% were one parent families.

In Leeman 38.5% of single parents were male and 61.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Leeman, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $933.

Employment status of couple families

In Leeman, of couple families with children, 15.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 16.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Leeman, 52.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 47.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leeman, 89.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.2% were other dwellings.

In Leeman, of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 15.3% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leeman, 37.4% were owned outright, 17.0% were owned with a mortgage and 43.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Leeman, of all households, 63.0% were family households, 34.9% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Leeman, 36.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.9% 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 Leeman, 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Leeman, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 57.1%) were male and 6 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Leeman, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Leeman, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $166 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.