Leda, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Leda is more socio-economically advantaged than about 10% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 891, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Leda a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Lower on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Leda from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
10/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (10/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
41/100Around the national median for cost
Median weekly rent was $303 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 41% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Leda at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 3,202
- Median age
- 32
- Median weekly household income
- $1,557
- SEIFA score
- 891
- Local government area
- Kwinana
- Coordinates
- -32.2686, 115.7990
Map of Leda
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Housing & property in Leda
What it costs to live in Leda and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $303
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,517
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 72%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 26%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Leda demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Leda demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Leda using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is young adults (25–44) at 29% and 30% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 812 | 25% |
| Youth (15–24) | 427 | 13% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 919 | 29% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 759 | 24% |
| Seniors (65+) | 283 | 9% |
Share of the 3,200 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 178 | 17% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 567 | 55% |
| Rented | 267 | 26% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,012 | 98% |
| Townhouses & semis | 21 | 2% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 1,033 occupied private dwellings in Leda.
- Average household size
- 2.9 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,671
- Median weekly personal income
- $699
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 905 (30%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 455 (15%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 157 (5%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 1,002 (44%)
- Labour-force participation
- 64%
- Unemployment rate
- 9.8%
- Employed full-time
- 831
- Employed part-time
- 444
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Weather and climate in Leda
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Leda is February (average daytime high around 29.2°C) and the coolest is August (around 17.4°C). The area receives roughly 628 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.1°C | 18.9°C | 18 mm |
| Feb | 29.2°C | 19.2°C | 24 mm |
| Mar | 27.5°C | 18.2°C | 35 mm |
| Apr | 23.7°C | 15.3°C | 41 mm |
| May | 20.2°C | 12.6°C | 79 mm |
| Jun | 18°C | 11.4°C | 103 mm |
| Jul | 17.1°C | 11.1°C | 121 mm |
| Aug | 17.4°C | 10.4°C | 98 mm |
| Sep | 18.8°C | 11.3°C | 48 mm |
| Oct | 21.2°C | 13°C | 37 mm |
| Nov | 24.6°C | 15.2°C | 17 mm |
| Dec | 27.4°C | 17.5°C | 7 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Leda
Is Leda a good place to live?
Leda's Suburb Score of 10 (SEIFA 891) places it in the bottom 10% of Australian suburbs nationally — low incomes ($1,557 median household weekly) and high unemployment at 9.8% are the headline numbers. That said, the score is a socio-economic indicator, not a livability verdict: the Kwinana LGA has the fastest growth rate of any LGA in Australia, Wellard and Kwinana stations on the Mandurah Line give the area genuine rail access, and median rent at around $300 per week means Leda is one of the more genuinely affordable entry points into Perth's southern growth corridor.
What is the median rent in Leda?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Leda was $303, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Leda?
Leda is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Kwinana local government area.
What is the population of Leda?
At the 2021 Census, Leda had a population of about 3,202.
Is Leda an advantaged area?
Leda has an ABS SEIFA score of 891, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 10 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 10% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Leda?
Leda has average daytime highs of about 22.8°C and overnight lows of about 14.5°C, with roughly 628 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
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