Leongatha

18.3% of Leongatha's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1,585 family households lived in Leongatha; 36.0% were couple families and 17.5% were one-parent families.

35.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Leongatha had 5,869 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 94.8% of occupied private dwellings in Leongatha.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

45.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

30.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.4% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Leongatha had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.3%, while 19.3% had four or more usual residents.

9.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

65.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.0% walked or cycled.

5.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 38.6% of the total.

56.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.3% reported a different address.

10.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

89.7% of residents used only English at home.

5.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

10.9% of Leongatha's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.3% of ancestry responses in Leongatha.

Australian ancestry made up 42.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

17.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.3% of workers, and education and training employed 9.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

27.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 12.6% arthritis and 6.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.5%.

Median household income was $1,183 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,430.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 9.8% in Leongatha, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 45.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 23.4% in Leongatha, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..