Leyburn

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 416 people in Leyburn of these 56.2% were male and 43.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Leyburn was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.5% of the population.

Of people in Leyburn aged 15 years and over, 49.9% were married and 18.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Leyburn was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Leyburn, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Leyburn was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Leyburn 21.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.7% were in primary school, 27.8% in secondary school and 4.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Leyburn were English 31.4%, Australian 28.3%, Irish 8.8%, German 7.2% and Scottish 5.4%.

In Leyburn, 80.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, Philippines 2.2%, New Zealand 1.9%, Germany 1.0% and Poland 1.0%.

In Leyburn, 70.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Leyburn were Anglican 30.3%, Catholic 21.1%, No Religion 14.5%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Christian, nfd 2.4%.

In Leyburn 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.2% and Polish 1.2%.

Employment

There were 154 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Leyburn. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 24.0% were employed part-time and 8.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Leyburn, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Leyburn was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 60 years.

The most common occupations in Leyburn included Managers 20.4%, Labourers 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Professionals 7.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.6% and Sales Workers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Leyburn, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.9%, School Education 6.3%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.9%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.9% and Other Livestock Farming 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Leyburn was $346.

In Leyburn, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.1%, Walked only 9.1%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Bus, taxi 2.8% and Truck 2.1%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Leyburn, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.6% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.7% 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 Leyburn, 19.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Leyburn, 32.7% were couple families with children, 51.8% were couple families without children and 12.7% were one parent families.

In Leyburn 68.8% of single parents were male and 31.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Leyburn, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,291 and those without children was $1,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Leyburn, of couple families with children, 15.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 8.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Leyburn, 72.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leyburn, 96.2% were separate houses, 1.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Leyburn, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 29.2% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leyburn, 41.8% were owned outright, 32.3% were owned with a mortgage and 21.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Leyburn, of all households, 66.5% were family households, 29.8% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Leyburn, 46.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Leyburn, 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Leyburn, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 58.8%) were male and 7 (or 41.2%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Leyburn, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Leyburn, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.