Leda, Western Australia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids LedaPerth, Western Australia |
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Leda, seen from Kwinana Lookout
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| Population | 3,297 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 374.7/km2 (970/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1969 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6170 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 8.8 km2 (3.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Kwinana | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Kwinana | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Brand | ||||||||||||||
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Leda is a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia within the City of Kwinana. Leda is one of the five main suburbs of Kwinana.
Leda is one of the Kwinana suburbs named after a ship. The brig Leda brought settlers to the new Swan River Colony in January 1830. The suburb name was approved in 1969. Leda suburb has a strong link to its neighboring suburb Wellard, with transport and retail accessed in part from there. Climate is characteristic of Western Astralia, with rainfall concentrated around the colder period of the year between May and September. Leda houses employees of Kwinana's industrial region, and common occupations are in construction, planning and technical fields. Retail and food preparation is another common form of employment. There are several primary and secondary education facilities in Leda and local Kwinana suburbs, including schools assisting young people with disabilities.
Leda contains one region protected by state environmental conservation agreements. Its reserve contains protected wetlands and forests, including part of the Swan Coastal Plain and the Beeliar Wetland system. The Swan River makes up the local water catchment. Ecosystems within the reserve are protected by national conventions including the
Demographics
30 is the median age of people in the Leda suburb, with 27.2% of the population made up of children aged 0–14,and persons over the age of 65 making up 6.4% of residents. 35.4% of the suburb's population were attending an educational facility during the 2016 Census, and its median household income per week at this time was 1411 Australian dollars. Of the 1516 people reported as being in the workforce, 52.2% were employed full-time, 29.6% were employed part-time, and 13.3% were unemployed. Technicians make up 18.8% of the working population, 15% of employed individuals are employed in construction and development, 13.2% are machinery operators or drivers, and 12.9% work in retail. Individuals working in professional consultation represent 12.2% of the suburb's employed population, and 16.2% of residents work in clerical or managerial roles.
Representing the most common nationalities in the suburb, 28.8% of Leda residents are of English ancestry, 25.8% are Australian, 6.0% are Scottish, and 4.7% are Irish. Other migrant identities include New Zealand (7.4%, with 3.3% of Māori ancestry), Philippines at 3.5%, South Africa at 1.4% and India at 1.3%. 62.3% of residents were born in Australia, with 77.8% speaking exclusively English and only 19.4% of households having a non-English language spoken at home. Christianity, including Anglican, Catholic, Protestant and unspecified, makes up 54% of religious connection. 36% of census respondents stated no religious affiliation. Non-English speakers include 1.8% speaking Tagalog, 0.8% speaking Māori, 0.6% speaking Afrikaans, 0.5% speaking Indonesian, and 0.8% Filipino.
Educational facilities
Local primary schools of Leda suburb include Leda primary school, the suburb's main co-educational public school, and Leda Education Support Centre. Orelia Primary School, Cooloongup primary school, Wellard primary school, and Bertram public school, all within Kwinana suburbs, include Leda as a local-intake area. Leda primary school, the suburb's major public school, is coeducational, secular, and with a single local campus. High schools popular within the Kwinana area include Peter Carnley Anglican Community School, Gilmore College, and the King's College of Western Australia.
Leda Education Support Centre is a primary school established in 1992 and specialising in assisting children with Autism, Global developmental delay, and other intellectual disabilities. Applied behavior analysis is used for targeting learning difficulties and teaching skills in a clear sequence and with reward for positive behavior. It uses an early intervention program that teaches skills such as fundamental literacy and numeracy, personal care, cooking and planning in a consistent schedule. It also focuses on management skills including shopping, gardening, hygiene and taking care of personal property and animals.
Transport Links
A railway connection between the Perth capital and the surrounding suburbs was improved to cover more regions, create more convenient transport, and enhance sustainability by reducing dependence on individual vehicles, particularly cars. Additional railways were planned and constructed from 2001 to 2006. The nearest railway station to Leda is Wellard station, located 2.6 kilometres from Leda suburb and connected to the Mandurah line. Subsequent stations are Rockingham station, with direction away from Perth capital, and Kwinana station, with direction towards Perth capital. Railway transport through the Mandurah line is joined to the median of the Kwinana freeway, allowing direct transport to and from the Perth capital city. Buses are accessible from Rockingham Road and Gilmore Avenue (Transperth, 2020). Transport was designed and constructed from the framework of transit-oriented design, centred around enhancing transport in the economically active Wellard and Rockingham.
Urban planning from Kwinana council have stated that bus transport covers enough congested areas and provides for greater convenience in travel during peak times, but that they are still infrequent and poorly cover industrial employment zones. Housing development within Leda and surrounding Kwinana areas is faster than the development of bus services, which increase congestion according to the City of Kwinana SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis performed for Kwinana council by engineering company Cardno. The SWOT analysis has projected that train stations are located outside a convenient distance from residential and industrial areas. Travel by railway services has been timed to take equally as long as travel by car to commercial centres. This has been described to discourage excessive car use and enhance sustainability.
Images for kids
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Sloan's Cottage, located on the East side of Leda Nature Reserve
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Part of the Swan Coastal Plain
