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On Census Night 7th August 2001, 61,101 people were counted in Leichhardt (A) (Local Government Areas): of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Of the total population 1.0% were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
On Census Night 2001 in Leichhardt (A) (Local Government Areas), 49,562 people were Australian citizens, 17,415 were born overseas and 1,351 people were overseas visitors.
On Census Night 2001 in Leichhardt (A) (Local Government Areas), 34.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.2% were separated or divorced, 4.7% were widowed and 47.8% were never married.
During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 37,305 people aged 15 years and over in Leichhardt (A) (Local Government Areas) were in the labour force. Of these 68.9% worked full-time, 24.4% worked part-time, 1.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.0% were unemployed. 12,774 people were not in the labour force.
On Census Night 2001 in Leichhardt (A) (Local Government Areas), 14,795 families were counted: of these, 47.5% were couple families without children, 33.3% were couple families with children, 15.6% were one parent families and 3.6% were other families.
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc
10,475
37.5
632,176
8.9
Flat, unit or apartment
8,437
30.2
923,139
13.1
Other dwelling
344
1.2
134,274
1.9
Dwelling type not stated
241
0.9
55,304
0.8
On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Leichhardt (A) (Local Government Areas), 30.2% were separate houses, 37.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 30.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.
Owned with a mortgage (includes being purchased under rent/buy scheme)
5,639
20.2
1,872,132
26.5
Rented (includes rent-free)
12,343
44.2
1,858,324
26.3
Other tenure type
502
1.8
196,026
2.8
Tenure type not stated
1,965
7.0
334,803
4.7
On Census Night 2001 in Leichhardt (A) (Local Government Areas), 26.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.2% were being purchased and 44.2% were rented.
Occupied private dwellings being rented (including rent-free accommodation)
Real estate agent
6,696
54.2
813,633
43.8
State or Territory housing authority
2,185
17.7
317,171
17.1
Other landlord type
3,363
27.2
705,122
37.9
Landlord type not stated
98
0.8
22,398
1.2
On Census Night 2001 in Leichhardt (A) (Local Government Areas), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 54.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 17.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 27.2% were rented from an other landlord type.
Excludes visitor only and other not classifiable households
Family households
14,657
52.5
4,866,031
68.8
Single (or lone) person households
8,526
30.5
1,616,213
22.9
Group households
2,652
9.5
262,551
3.7
On Census Night 2001 in Leichhardt (A) (Local Government Areas), 52.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 30.5% were single (or lone) person households and 9.5% were group households.
LATEST ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (AEST) 9/03/2006
Data for this Quickstats has been sourced from the 2001 Basic Community Profile catalogue No. 2001.0 and the 2001 Indigenous Profile catalogue No. 2002.0. Indigenous Statistics are only available for selected geographic areas. The information contained in this QuickStat has been produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It contains data from the 2001 Census of Population & Housing held on 7 August 2001. Some values may have been adjusted to avoid release of confidential data. These adjustments may have a significant impact on the calculated percentages in QuickStats. For more information refer to Introduced Random Error. For further enquiries contact the ABS National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 | www.abs.gov.au/census
The information contained in this QuickStat has been produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It contains data from the 2001 Census of Population & Housing held on 7 August 2001. Some values may have been adjusted to avoid release of confidential data. These adjustments may have a significant impact on the calculated percentages in QuickStats. For more information refer to Introduced Random Error in the 2001 Census Dictionary. For further enquiries contact the ABS National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070. www.abs.gov.au/census
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