Leeming

18.0% of Leeming's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

3,273 family households lived in Leeming; 50.2% were couple families and 10.5% were one-parent families.

34.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Leeming had 10,883 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 93.4% of occupied private dwellings in Leeming.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

46.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

41.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.1% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

The average household in Leeming had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 14.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 35.6%, while 31.6% had four or more usual residents.

9.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

60.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

4.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 23.5% of the total.

74.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.3% reported a different address.

36.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

77.4% of residents used only English at home.

20.7% used a language other than English at home.

6.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

36.6% of Leeming's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 63.4% was born in Australia.

2.5% of residents were born in China.

2.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.0% of ancestry responses in Leeming.

Australian ancestry made up 30.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 14.0% of responses.

31.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 13.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.5% of workers, and education and training employed 12.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.0%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

37.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

64.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.0% reported asthma, 7.3% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

35.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.9%.

Median household income was $2,330 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $440 per week.

Working from home was 9.8% in Leeming, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 46.9% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 12.1% in Leeming, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.