Leura

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,365 people in Leura of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Leura was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.7% of the population.

Of people in Leura aged 15 years and over, 43.1% were married and 16.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Leura was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Leura, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Leura was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Leura 31.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.6% were in primary school, 14.7% in secondary school and 22.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Leura were English 30.0%, Australian 23.1%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 9.0% and German 3.3%.

In Leura, 66.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.1%, New Zealand 1.9%, Germany 1.0%, United States of America 0.8% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Leura, 53.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Leura were No Religion 28.3%, Anglican 17.9%, Catholic 16.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3% and Uniting Church 3.0%.

In Leura 81.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.1%, French 0.8%, Mandarin 0.7%, Polish 0.6% and Vietnamese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,802 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Leura. Of these 51.6% were employed full time, 36.5% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Leura, 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Leura was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Leura included Professionals 32.5%, Managers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Labourers 5.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Leura, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.8%, Accommodation 4.9%, Tertiary Education 4.1%, Residential Care Services 3.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Leura was $536.

In Leura, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.9%, Train 6.6%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Walked only 4.8% and Train, car as driver 1.2%. On the day, 9.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Leura, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.6% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Leura, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Leura, 33.5% were couple families with children, 51.7% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In Leura 15.7% of single parents were male and 84.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Leura, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,304 and those without children was $2,024.

Employment status of couple families

In Leura, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 7.4% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Leura, 76.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leura, 75.1% were separate houses, 19.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Leura, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 18.3% had 2 bedrooms and 45.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leura, 41.8% were owned outright, 30.8% were owned with a mortgage and 22.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Leura, of all households, 60.3% were family households, 35.5% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Leura, 29.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.3% 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 Leura, 47.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Leura, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 47.2%) were male and 19 (or 52.8%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Leura, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $919.

In Leura, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,523.