Suburby Get to know your Aussie suburb
List your business

Leonora WA 6438

681 addresses · 30 streets

O'Connor Electorate › Leonora LGA › Leonora · 626 km from Perth

📦 Thinking of moving here? Read the Leonora moving guide

Living Here

Leonora is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 657 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,455 a week, with median rent near $163 a week. Most homes are houses. About 50% of households own their home and 43% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Ancestry NS, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

657Population
40Median age
$1,455Median household income / wk
$163Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Leinster - Leonora statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Leonora itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Leonora Airport, 2 km north-west.

Run a business in Leonora? Get listed →

Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 4.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Leonora

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Leonora WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20204.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20213.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 49.5%

Population by age in Leonora
Population by age, Leonora WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-437
5-1462
15-1930
20-2435
25-34127
35-4486
45-54100
55-64105
65-7461
75-8426
85+3
Dwelling types in Leonora
Dwelling types, Leonora WA (ABS Census 2021)
House138
Townhouse12
Apartment7
Other23
Households by weekly income in Leonora
Households by weekly income, Leonora WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65036
$650-1,49949
$1,500-2,99950
$3,000+26
Top ancestries in Leonora
Top ancestries, Leonora WA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian173
Ancestry NS150
English148
Aboriginal119
Other60
Scottish48
Housing tenure in Leonora
Housing tenure, Leonora WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned59
Mortgage27
Rented73
Other12
Cars per household in Leonora
Cars per household, Leonora WA (ABS Census 2021)
027
162
257
324
4+10
Commute to work in Leonora
Commute to work, Leonora WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car131
Train0
Bus13
Tram/ferry0
Walked56
Bicycle0
Home11
Top countries of birth in Leonora
Top countries of birth, Leonora WA (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand29
England17
Thailand11
Germany9
India8
Philippines6
Languages used at home in Leonora
Languages used at home, Leonora WA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous55
Thai11
Greek7
Afrikaans3
Punjabi3
Portuguese3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

661 bird observations recorded near Leonora — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Leonora

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Leonora:

Embed this suburb

Add this free Leonora stat card to your own site — just copy the code:

Preview:

Cite this page

Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:

Keep an eye on Leonora

One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Streets

Image — Bahnfrend · CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).