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Housing
leongatha
Victoria · Census 2021
$565k
-1.3% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Leongatha is a dense inner suburb of South Gippsland.
Median house price
People
Population
5,869
Median age
45 yrs
Income / person / wk
$641
Household income / wk
$1,183
Housing
Median rent / wk
$270
Mortgage / month
$1,430
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 47%
- Top language at home
- Malayalam · 1%
- No religion
- 47%
- Born overseas
- 12%
- English only at home
- 95%
Local amenities
Amenity score
72/100
Schools
7
Supermarkets
3
Pubs & bars
2
Parks
7
Libraries
1
GP clinics
3
Pharmacies
2
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
0.2 km
Nearest train
31.9 km
Nearest hospital
1.6 km
Distance to coast
26 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
Grocery mix: 1 Woolworths · 1 Aldi · 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
3
Catholic
2
Independent
2
Primary
4
Secondary
5
Nearest secondary
1.0 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- South Gippsland
- Council population
- 30,888
- Council area
- 3,296 km²
- Density
- 9/km²
- Federal grants
- $13.15M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $426/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,282
- Operating result
- +5.8%
- Asset renewal
- 241%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Monash
- Federal MP
- Mary Aldred (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 54% 2PP
- State electorate
- Gippsland South
- State MP
- Danny O'Brien (NAT)
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