Leslie Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 366 people in Leslie Vale of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Leslie Vale was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.1% of the population.

Of people in Leslie Vale aged 15 years and over, 57.7% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Leslie Vale was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Leslie Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Leslie Vale was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Leslie Vale 34.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.9% were in primary school, 30.3% in secondary school and 21.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Leslie Vale were Australian 37.0%, English 36.3%, Irish 6.1%, Dutch 5.6% and Scottish 4.9%.

In Leslie Vale, 86.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.6%, United States of America 1.4%, Netherlands 1.1%, New Zealand 1.1% and Spain 1.1%.

In Leslie Vale, 71.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Leslie Vale were No Religion 35.1%, Anglican 25.5%, Catholic 14.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.5% and Jehovah's Witnesses 4.1%.

In Leslie Vale 98.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 210 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Leslie Vale. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 36.2% were employed part-time and 1.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Leslie Vale, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Leslie Vale was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Leslie Vale included Professionals 26.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Managers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Labourers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Leslie Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 5.3%, Tertiary Education 5.3%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.8%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.8% and Building Completion Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Leslie Vale was $647.

In Leslie Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.8%, Car, as passenger 10.6%, Walked only 2.9%, Truck 1.9% and Bicycle 1.4%. 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 78.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Leslie Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 88.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.5% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.6% 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 Leslie Vale, 33.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Leslie Vale, 61.0% were couple families with children, 30.5% were couple families without children and 8.6% were one parent families.

In Leslie Vale 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Leslie Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,291 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Leslie Vale, of couple families with children, 26.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 26.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Leslie Vale, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leslie Vale, 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 Leslie Vale, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 9.2% had 2 bedrooms and 35.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leslie Vale, 31.6% were owned outright, 55.6% were owned with a mortgage and 12.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Leslie Vale, of all households, 86.4% were family households, 13.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Leslie Vale, 13.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.3% 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 Leslie Vale, 16.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 47.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Leslie Vale, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 36.4%) were male and 7 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Leslie Vale, 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 $1,375.

In Leslie Vale, 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.