Leitchville

17.0% of Leitchville's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

166 family households lived in Leitchville; 33.7% were couple families and 10.2% were one-parent families.

28.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Leitchville had 576 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 95.3% of occupied private dwellings in Leitchville.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

62.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

20.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Leitchville had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 26.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 43.3%, while 18.2% had four or more usual residents.

15.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

60.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.3% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 29.5% of the total.

65.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.9% reported a different address.

3.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

91.5% of residents used only English at home.

1.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

3.1% of Leitchville's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.1% of ancestry responses in Leitchville.

Australian ancestry made up 49.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 31.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.3% of workers, and education and training employed 5.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

37.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.8% reported asthma, 12.0% arthritis and 7.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.7%.

Median household income was $1,044 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $150 per week.

Working from home was 15.7% in Leitchville, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 62.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 17.0% in Leitchville, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..