Leslie Dam

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 281 people in Leslie Dam of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Leslie Dam was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Leslie Dam aged 15 years and over, 64.9% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Leslie Dam was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Leslie Dam, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 1.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Leslie Dam was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 0 years.

In Leslie Dam 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.4% were in primary school, 33.7% in secondary school and 11.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Leslie Dam were Australian 37.1%, English 28.2%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 8.1% and German 7.3%.

In Leslie Dam, 90.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Fiji 1.4%, England 1.1% and New Zealand 1.1%.

In Leslie Dam, 83.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Leslie Dam were Catholic 30.6%, Anglican 22.4%, No Religion 16.0%, Uniting Church 9.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Leslie Dam 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 133 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Leslie Dam. Of these 53.4% were employed full time, 40.6% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Leslie Dam, 14.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Leslie Dam was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Leslie Dam included Managers 20.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.7%, Labourers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Professionals 8.7% and Sales Workers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Leslie Dam, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Livestock Farming 7.8%, Hospitals 7.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.2%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 6.2% and School Education 5.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Leslie Dam was $435.

In Leslie Dam, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.4%, Truck 6.2%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Motorbike/scooter 2.3% and Walked only 2.3%. 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 68.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Leslie Dam, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.1% provided care for children and 15.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.5% 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 Leslie Dam, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Leslie Dam, 48.1% were couple families with children, 39.5% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Leslie Dam 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Leslie Dam, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $949 and those without children was $1,446.

Employment status of couple families

In Leslie Dam, of couple families with children, 11.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 29.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Leslie Dam, 87.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leslie Dam, 89.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 10.1% were other dwellings.

In Leslie Dam, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.1% had 2 bedrooms and 37.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leslie Dam, 37.8% were owned outright, 37.8% were owned with a mortgage and 20.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Leslie Dam, of all households, 77.2% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Leslie Dam, 19.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Leslie Dam, 22.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Leslie Dam, 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 22 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 Leslie Dam, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Leslie Dam, 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.