Leumeah

20.1% of Leumeah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2,601 family households lived in Leumeah; 46.9% were couple families and 19.9% were one-parent families.

42.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Leumeah had 9,992 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 77.1% of occupied private dwellings in Leumeah.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.5% of occupied private dwellings.

26.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

34.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.5% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Leumeah had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 26.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 28.7%, while 27.1% had four or more usual residents.

23.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

43.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

4.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

10.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 41.4% of the total.

48.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.2% reported a different address.

32.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

62.9% of residents used only English at home.

30.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 1.3% spoke Hindi.

32.2% of Leumeah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 67.8% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

2.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.4% of ancestry responses in Leumeah.

Australian ancestry made up 28.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.6% of responses.

17.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 7.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.5%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

27.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.2%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

56.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.1% reported asthma, 10.0% arthritis and 7.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.9%.

Median household income was $1,469 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 23.1% in Leumeah, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 26.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 39.5% in Leumeah, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.