Leigh Creek (SA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 505 people in Leigh Creek (SA) of these 58.6% were male and 41.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Leigh Creek (SA) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.4% of the population.

Of people in Leigh Creek (SA) aged 15 years and over, 51.6% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Leigh Creek (SA) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Leigh Creek (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 49.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Leigh Creek (SA) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Leigh Creek (SA) 24.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.2% were in primary school, 25.4% in secondary school and 12.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Leigh Creek (SA) were English 34.0%, Australian 32.2%, Irish 10.2%, German 8.3% and Scottish 7.0%.

In Leigh Creek (SA), 90.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, Greece 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8%, Canada 0.6% and India 0.6%.

In Leigh Creek (SA), 78.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Leigh Creek (SA) were No Religion 39.5%, Anglican 11.7%, Catholic 11.7%, Uniting Church 11.5% and Christian, nfd 6.3%.

In Leigh Creek (SA) 97.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Irish 0.8%, Russian 0.6% and Polish 0.6%.

Employment

There were 327 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Leigh Creek (SA). Of these 71.6% were employed full time, 21.7% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Leigh Creek (SA), 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Leigh Creek (SA) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Leigh Creek (SA) included Machinery Operators And Drivers 26.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 26.0%, Professionals 11.0%, Labourers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.3%, Sales Workers 4.9% and Managers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Leigh Creek (SA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 44.8%, School Education 7.3%, Employment Services 4.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3% and Gas Supply 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Leigh Creek (SA) was $1,151.

In Leigh Creek (SA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Bus 25.9%, Car, as driver 24.7%, Walked only 16.5%, Car, as passenger 5.2% and Tram, other 1.8%. On the day, 29.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 32.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Leigh Creek (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 80.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.1% provided care for children and 5.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.6% 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 Leigh Creek (SA), 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Leigh Creek (SA), 47.7% were couple families with children, 43.8% were couple families without children and 8.5% were one parent families.

In Leigh Creek (SA) 54.5% of single parents were male and 45.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Leigh Creek (SA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,666 and those without children was $2,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Leigh Creek (SA), of couple families with children, 30.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 31.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Leigh Creek (SA), 62.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 37.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leigh Creek (SA), 86.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Leigh Creek (SA), of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 8.2% had 2 bedrooms and 74.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Leigh Creek (SA), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 97.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Leigh Creek (SA), of all households, 64.1% were family households, 33.3% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Leigh Creek (SA), 6.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.9% 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 Leigh Creek (SA), 38.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Leigh Creek (SA), there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 66.7%) were male and 5 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Leigh Creek (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Leigh Creek (SA), 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.