St Leonards

11.2% of St Leonards's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

1,069 family households lived in St Leonards; 24.1% were couple families and 12.6% were one-parent families.

21.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

St Leonards had 3,542 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

52.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 91.9% of occupied private dwellings in St Leonards.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

50.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

25.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.4% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

The average household in St Leonards had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 29.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 48.0%, while 11.2% had four or more usual residents.

23.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

56.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

2.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 36.9% of the total.

59.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

43.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 56.7% reported a different address.

17.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

86.3% of residents used only English at home.

8.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

17.3% of St Leonards's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.8% of ancestry responses in St Leonards.

Australian ancestry made up 35.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

18.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 12.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.3% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

23.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

48.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

9.9% reported asthma, 14.9% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.0%.

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

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,654.

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

Working from home was 23.0% in St Leonards, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 50.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 24.4% in St Leonards, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..