Leonora

15.1% of Leonora's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

113 family households lived in Leonora; 31.0% were couple families and 20.4% were one-parent families.

40.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Leonora had 657 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 71.9% of occupied private dwellings in Leonora.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.6% of occupied private dwellings.

37.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

17.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

45.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Leonora had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 37.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 29.7%, while 17.4% had four or more usual residents.

4.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

43.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

4.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 20.8% walked or cycled.

15.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 35.0% of the total.

51.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.5% reported a different address.

17.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

60.4% of residents used only English at home.

16.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.7% of Leonora's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 67.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 22.5% of ancestry responses in Leonora.

Australian ancestry made up 26.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 12.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.5%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

36.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 6.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

49.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.0%.

Median household income was $1,455 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $714.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $163 per week.

Working from home was 4.1% in Leonora, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 37.1% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 45.9% in Leonora, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.