Leopold

18.1% of Leopold's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

3,796 family households lived in Leopold; 41.9% were couple families and 15.8% were one-parent families.

35.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Leopold had 13,272 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 92.1% of occupied private dwellings in Leopold.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.1% of occupied private dwellings.

38.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

42.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.6% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Leopold had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 23.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.9%, while 24.8% had four or more usual residents.

14.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

64.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 32.4% of the total.

64.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.1% reported a different address.

13.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

89.4% of residents used only English at home.

6.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

13.4% of Leopold's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.6% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.2% of ancestry responses in Leopold.

Australian ancestry made up 39.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

18.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

32.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

55.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.7%.

Median household income was $1,589 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,603.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $375 per week.

Working from home was 14.3% in Leopold, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 38.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 18.6% in Leopold, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..