St Leonards (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,467 people in St Leonards (NSW) of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in St Leonards (NSW) was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.7% of the population.

Of people in St Leonards (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 42.8% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in St Leonards (NSW) was 37 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In St Leonards (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 40.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in St Leonards (NSW) was 36 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In St Leonards (NSW) 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 9.8% were in primary school, 6.8% in secondary school and 40.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in St Leonards (NSW) were Chinese 18.6%, English 15.1%, Australian 10.8%, Indian 6.0% and Irish 5.4%.

In St Leonards (NSW), 34.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 6.3%, India 5.8%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 5.2%, Japan 4.7% and England 4.3%.

In St Leonards (NSW), 20.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 71.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in St Leonards (NSW) were No Religion 32.9%, Catholic 19.6%, Anglican 8.0%, Buddhism 6.6% and Hinduism 6.0%.

In St Leonards (NSW) 46.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 8.9%, Mandarin 7.7%, Japanese 5.1%, Korean 3.5% and Hindi 2.4%.

Employment

There were 3,035 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in St Leonards (NSW). Of these 77.7% were employed full time, 14.3% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in St Leonards (NSW), 4.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in St Leonards (NSW) was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in St Leonards (NSW) included Professionals 49.4%, Managers 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.5%, Sales Workers 5.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.7%, Labourers 1.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.9%.

Of the employed people in St Leonards (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 9.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 6.5%, Hospitals 4.9%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.9% and Depository Financial Intermediation 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in St Leonards (NSW) was $1,228.

In St Leonards (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Train 40.7%, Car, as driver 21.9%, Walked only 13.8%, Bus 5.5% and Train, bus 2.3%. On the day, 50.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 24.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In St Leonards (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.1% provided care for children and 5.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.8% 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 St Leonards (NSW), 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in St Leonards (NSW), 25.9% were couple families with children, 61.1% were couple families without children and 7.8% were one parent families.

In St Leonards (NSW) 14.4% of single parents were male and 85.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In St Leonards (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,227 and those without children was $3,158.

Employment status of couple families

In St Leonards (NSW), of couple families with children, 42.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 13.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In St Leonards (NSW), 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Leonards (NSW), 5.3% were separate houses, 1.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 92.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In St Leonards (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 36.9% had 1 bedroom, 38.1% had 2 bedrooms and 16.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.8. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Leonards (NSW), 14.1% were owned outright, 24.9% were owned with a mortgage and 59.7% were rented.

Household composition

In St Leonards (NSW), of all households, 55.2% were family households, 36.1% were single person households and 8.7% were group households.

In St Leonards (NSW), 10.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.7% 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 St Leonards (NSW), 54.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 13.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 1.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In St Leonards (NSW), 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 20 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 St Leonards (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In St Leonards (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.