Leets Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 276 people in Leets Vale of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Leets Vale was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Leets Vale aged 15 years and over, 48.9% were married and 17.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Leets Vale was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Leets Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Leets Vale was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Leets Vale 23.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.4% were in primary school, 15.2% in secondary school and 9.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Leets Vale were Australian 30.5%, English 27.1%, Irish 8.3%, Italian 7.5% and Scottish 7.2%.

In Leets Vale, 84.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, Italy 2.2%, New Zealand 2.2%, Denmark 1.8% and Malta 1.4%.

In Leets Vale, 62.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Leets Vale were Catholic 33.9%, Anglican 27.1%, No Religion 18.1%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Leets Vale 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 3.3%, Maltese 2.2% and Arabic 1.5%.

Employment

There were 152 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Leets Vale. Of these 64.5% were employed full time, 25.7% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Leets Vale, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Leets Vale was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Leets Vale included Managers 29.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.6%, Labourers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Professionals 7.7% and Sales Workers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Leets Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 8.3%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 6.2%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 4.8%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 4.1% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 2.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Leets Vale was $541.

In Leets Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.8%, Walked only 4.9%, Truck 4.2%, Car, as passenger 2.8% and Other 2.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Leets Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Leets Vale, 19.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Leets Vale, 50.0% were couple families with children, 38.6% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Leets Vale 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Leets Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Leets Vale, of couple families with children, 25.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Leets Vale, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leets Vale, 71.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 29.0% were other dwellings.

In Leets Vale, of occupied private dwellings 15.6% had 1 bedroom, 18.3% had 2 bedrooms and 27.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leets Vale, 38.9% were owned outright, 30.6% were owned with a mortgage and 25.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Leets Vale, of all households, 58.9% were family households, 33.6% were single person households and 7.5% were group households.

In Leets Vale, 31.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Leets Vale, 33.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Leets Vale, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 19 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Leets Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Leets Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.