Leeman WA 6514

Leeman is a rural locality in Western Australia, 265 km from Perth CBD, around 3 hours 25 minutes by car. Population is 351; the median age is 57 and the median household income is $50,024 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $210 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,375. The area shows high bushfire risk and high crime risk. 1 school sits within the locality boundary, and walkability is low.

This locality is too small to rate.

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Leeman's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $480,000, roughly 55% above where it sat a year earlier.

Houses

$480,000

last 6 quarters
↑ +55.4% year-on-year

Based on 31 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 72 days — median across 6 sales that recorded a listing period

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 12 sales $445K
  • 4 bed 8 sales $615K

Units

$179,000

Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Currently for Sale

Last 6 months

Houses in Leeman are currently listed at around $609,000 on average. Based on 4 houses listed in the past six months.

$609K

4 houses listed in the last 6 months.

4 of the suburb's 123 dwellings (3.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Rental Market

Advertised rents · last 6 months

Houses in Leeman rent for around $625 a week on average, based on 4 houses listed for rent in the past six months.

$625/wk

4 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.

Gross rental yield

Indicative
House
5.3% above the typical range
Top 11% in WA

$625/week ($32,000 a year) on a $609,000 median

Based on a small sample (4 listings) — indicative only.

Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Short-Stay Rentals

6 active Airbnb listings: 6 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 2.2% of the locality's homes.

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.

Coastal Erosion

100
monitoring points
within 5 km
30
actively eroding
> 0.1 m/yr retreat
-0.26
worst rate (m/yr)
Moderate
5.5 km
nearest coastline
monitoring point

Shoreline Change Summary

1988–2025
Stable or accreting 90 (90%)
Moderate erosion (0.1–0.3 m/yr) 10 (10%)
Significant erosion (> 0.3 m/yr) 0 (0%)

Nearest Eroding Coastline

Distance
5.5 km
Rate
-0.26 m/yr
Net Movement
-10.3 m
Certainty
good

Data Quality

High certainty: 100 of 100 points (100%)

Schools

One school serve Leeman, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.

38
out of 100
Weak
1 school in this locality
1 below similar
  • • 25 students in one school (avg 25)

Primary

Government · K-6 · 25 students
ICSEA 923 (higher than 16% of Australian schools) · 3% top-SEA students
Below similar

Walkability

Leeman is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Leeman.

45
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
355
Technology mix
Fibre to the node (FTTN) 100%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
None
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
None
Childcare
None
GPs
1 in locality
Pharmacies
1 in locality
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
1 in locality
Banks & Bank@Post
1 in locality
Fuel Stations
2 in locality
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Coorow: council population

The whole council area, not just Leeman · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
1,149
+1.7% in a year
Change
+19
people since 2024
Density
0.3
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
-2
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+16
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+5
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
1/10
1/10 within WA
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
3/10
2/10 within WA
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
1/10
1/10 within WA
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Leeman is home to 351 residents, with a median age of 57 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $50,000 a year, with unemployment at 8.3%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

351

0.3% since 2016

Median Age

57

9.6% since 2016

Median Household Income

$50,024/yr

29.0% since 2016
Bottom 9% in WA

Census Median Rent

$210/wk

5.5% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,375/mo

20.7% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.1

no change since 2016

Median Personal Income

$28,496/yr

25.1% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

8.3%

35.2% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

112.2%

8.2% since 2016

Total Dwellings

123

9.6% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

73.7%

15.5% since 2016

Houses

93.5%

6.9% since 2016

Rental Stress

21.8%

18.4% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

33.0%

38.4% since 2016

Work From Home

10.3%

102.0% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 115 (93.5%)
Townhouses 10 (8.1%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 55 (46.6%)
Mortgage 32 (27.1%)
Renting 31 (26.3%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
76.1%
English Spoken at Home
86.3%
Employment Rate
38.8%
1.6% since 2016
Completed Year 12
23.1%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 23 (19.8%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 20 (17.2%)
Labourers 16 (13.8%)
Managers 14 (12.1%)
Clerical & Administrative 14 (12.1%)
Professionals 8 (6.9%)
Community & Personal Service 8 (6.9%)
Sales 7 (6.0%)

Religion

No Religion 150 (42.7%)
Christianity 143 (40.7%)
Islam 4 (1.1%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 15 (4.3%)
New Zealand 9 (2.6%)
Thailand 5 (1.4%)

Age Distribution

0-4 14 (4.0%)
5-14 31 (8.8%)
15-19 15 (4.3%)
20-24 12 (3.4%)
25-34 26 (7.4%)
35-44 25 (7.1%)
45-54 38 (10.8%)
55-64 85 (24.2%)
65-74 86 (24.5%)
75-84 17 (4.8%)
85+ 8 (2.3%)

Family & Household Composition

Lone Person 42 (57.5%)
Couple Families 23 (31.5%)
One Parent Families 5 (6.8%)
Group Household 3 (4.1%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 59 (75.6%)
Car (passenger) 8 (10.3%)
Worked from Home 8 (10.3%)
Walked Only 3 (3.8%)

Local Jobs

People who work in this locality against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.

About 274 people work here; 116 employed residents live here.

A jobs hub: 2.4 jobs for every working resident. At least 47% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.

Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.

Education

Certificate III & IV 75 (21.4%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 16 (4.6%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 4 (1.1%)
Bachelor Degree 4 (1.1%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 40 (32.3%)
2 cars 43 (34.7%)
3 cars 28 (22.6%)
4+ cars 12 (9.7%)

Council Rates

Coorow
FY 2023-24

Households face an average residential rates bill of $4,573 a year through Coorow based on 2023 figures.

Avg residential rate
$4,573/yr
Valuation basis
Gross Rental Value / Unimproved Value
GRV for urban, UV for rural/mining

Building Approvals: Coorow

The whole council area, not just Leeman · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 10 new dwellings were approved across Coorow. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses.

Trailing 12 months
10dwellings
Houses
10
detached dwellings
Units
0
townhouses + apartments

Climate & Setting

from Jurien Bay, 36.6 km

Dry climate — hot summers, mild winters.

Elevation
9 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
5.5 km
Annual rainfall
490 mm
63 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
30.5°C
26 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
9.6°C
0 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

EV adoption

0.4%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.00% in 2021
+0.4 points this year

In postcode 6514, 3 of 813 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 0.5% (4 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 0.9%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.00%
2022
0.00%
2023
0.00%
2024
0.00%
2025
0.37%

Rooftop solar

42
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 5.8 kW each

In postcode 6514, 261 rooftop-solar systems totalling 1.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 616 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 19 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
25
2020
17
2021
15
2022
15
2023
7
2024
12
2025
16
2026
14

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $800,000.

Cap is $800,000 SOUTH of the 26th parallel (which includes all of metropolitan Perth) and $1,000,000 NORTH of it. We store the southern figure because that is where almost every buyer is; the northern cap is higher, so the stored value never overstates eligibility. The southern cap rose from $750,000 on 7 May 2026 in the 2026-27 Housing Taxation Package. The same package moved the first home owner RATE OF DUTY thresholds, which is a different scheme and lives in the web repo's app/stamp_duty.py.

Verify eligibility with Department of Finance WA

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$2,503
Loan amount
$384,000
Total interest over 30 years
$517,221
Deposit
$96,000
Stamp duty
$16,815
Cash needed at settlement
$112,815

Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with RevenueWA

The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $800,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Department of Finance WA.

Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Durack

Currently held by Melissa Price Liberal

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Melissa Price 39.9% 60.1% -5.5
2022 Melissa Price 45.7% 54.3% -9.2
2019 Melissa Price 35.2% 64.8% +3.7

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Mid-West District

Currently held by Shane Love The Nationals WA

Next state election: 10 March 2029.

Year Winner Won with
2025 Shane Love NP 63.7%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2023, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: Western Australian Electoral Commission.

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Common questions about Leeman

Is Leeman a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Leeman is moderate (66/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Leeman?

Leeman has a high recorded bushfire history (84/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Leeman?

Leeman, WA had a population of 351 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Leeman, WA?

The postcode for Leeman, WA is 6514.

How far is Leeman from Perth?

Leeman is 265 km from Perth CBD by road, about 204 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Leeman?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Leeman was $50,024 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Leeman?

The median advertised rent in Leeman is $625 a week for houses (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.

What is the median age in Leeman?

The median age of residents in Leeman was 57 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Leeman at risk of bushfire?

Leeman has a high recorded bushfire history (84/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.

How are the schools in Leeman?

There is 1 school inside the Leeman boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).

What is the weather like in Leeman?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Leeman, Jurien Bay (36.6 km away), summer days average 30.5°C, winter nights 9.6°C, 490 mm of rain a year over 63 rainy days, and 26 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Leeman?

First-home buyers in WA may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $800,000. The grant is administered by Department of Finance WA; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Leeman belong to?

Leeman sits within the Coorow local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Leeman?

The average residential rates bill through Coorow is $4,573 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Leeman?

Across Coorow, 10 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Leeman in?

Leeman sits within the federal Division of Durack, currently held by Melissa Price (Liberal).

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