Leeming Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Leeming (6149) is a suburb of Perth, Fremantle, Western Australia. It is about 13 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Leeming is in the federal electorate of Tangney.

In the 2011 census the population of Leeming was 11,093 and is comprised of approximately 50.0% females and 50.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Leeming is 39 years of age.

62.3% of people living in the suburb of Leeming were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.2% England, 4.5% Malaysia, 2.4% South Africa, 2.0% Singapore, 2.0% India, 1.7% New Zealand, 1.6% Scotland, 1.0% Indonesia, 0.9% China , 0.7% Hong Kong , 0.6% Ireland, 0.6% Zimbabwe, 0.5% Korea, Republic of , 0.4% Italy.

81.7% of people living in Leeming speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.8% Mandarin, 2.8% Cantonese, 2.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.4% Other, 0.9% Indonesian, 0.8% Italian, 0.5% Punjabi, 0.5% Korean, 0.4% Tamil.

The religious makeup of Leeming is 24.8% Catholic, 24.3% No religion, 19.7% Anglican, 5.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.4% Uniting Church, 3.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.3% Buddhism, 3.2% Christian, nfd, 3.2% Baptist, 1.4% Hinduism.

58.5% of people are married, 31.2% have never married and 5.5% are divorced and 1.6% are separated. There are 300 widowed people living in Leeming.

58.5% of the people living in Leeming over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.2% are working on a part time basis. Leeming has an unemployment rate of 3.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Leeming are 26.3% Professionals, 17.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.5% Managers, 12.8% Technicians & trades workers, 9.5% Sales workers, 8.5% Community & personal service workers, 6.5% Labourers, 3.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Leeming work in are 11.8% Education and training, 11.5% Health care and social assistance, 10.7% Retail trade, 10.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.4% Construction, 7.2% Manufacturing, 6.6% Public administration and safety, 4.8% Accommodation and food services, 4.6% Wholesale trade.

43.2% of homes are fully owned, and 42.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 12.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $741 per week and the median household income is $2121 per week.

The median rent in Leeming is $400 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1900 per month.

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