Leongatha North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 436 people in Leongatha North of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Leongatha North was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.6% of the population.

Of people in Leongatha North aged 15 years and over, 70.2% were married and 8.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Leongatha North was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Leongatha North, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Leongatha North was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Leongatha North 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.4% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Leongatha North were Australian 34.1%, English 33.1%, Scottish 9.1%, Irish 6.3% and Dutch 3.7%.

In Leongatha North, 88.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.7%, Netherlands 1.1% and Denmark 0.9%.

In Leongatha North, 79.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Leongatha North were No Religion 25.3%, Anglican 20.8%, Catholic 19.9%, Uniting Church 12.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Leongatha North 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.9%, Danish 0.7% and Italian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 232 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Leongatha North. Of these 60.3% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Leongatha North, 15.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Leongatha North was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Leongatha North included Managers 30.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Professionals 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Labourers 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%, Sales Workers 5.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Leongatha North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 11.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.6%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 6.7%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.7% and Residential Care Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Leongatha North was $597.

In Leongatha North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.5%, Walked only 5.8%, Car, as passenger 1.3%, Truck 1.3% and Motorbike/scooter 1.3%. 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 60.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Leongatha North, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 13.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.8% 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 Leongatha North, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Leongatha North, 40.9% were couple families with children, 50.8% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Leongatha North 40.0% of single parents were male and 60.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Leongatha North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,449.

Employment status of couple families

In Leongatha North, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Leongatha North, 85.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leongatha North, 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Leongatha North, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.6% had 2 bedrooms and 43.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leongatha North, 48.1% were owned outright, 32.1% were owned with a mortgage and 15.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Leongatha North, of all households, 82.8% were family households, 15.3% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Leongatha North, 15.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.1% 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 Leongatha North, 17.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Leongatha North, 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 0 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 Leongatha North, 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 Leongatha North, 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.