| Leeming Perth, Western Australia |
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| Population: | 11548 (2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1978 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 6149 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 7.5 km² (2.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 17 km (11 mi) from Perth | ||||||||||||
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| State District: | Jandakot | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Tangney | ||||||||||||
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Coordinates: 32°04′55″S 115°51′04″E / 32.082°S 115.851°E
Leeming is a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Areas are the City of Melville, the City of Cockburn (south) and the City of Canning (north-east). It is located approximately 17 km south of the Perth CBD and 13 km east of Fremantle.
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History
The area was previously part of Jandakot and was predominantly agricultural until the 1970s, having been laid out by a surveyor, George Waters Leeming (1857-1902), in 1886.[2] Three roads - King Road, Leeming Road (the southern boundary) and Beasley Road - accessed the area. In 1971, the suburb of Leeming was gazetted, although construction did not commence until 1977. It was built in stages, with the area between Findlay Road and Gracechurch Crescent being built first, while the east, west and south were built in that order over the next ten years.[3] Many of the streets were named after original landowners in the agricultural district.
Geography
Leeming is bounded by South Street to the north, Kwinana Freeway to the west, Roe Highway and to the south and southeast. The 53-ha Ken Hurst Park, a conservation bushland area beyond Roe Highway named for a former mayor of Melville (1971-73) and set aside in the early 1990s,[4] is also within the suburb's boundaries.
At the ABS 2001 census, Leeming had a mostly middle-income population of 11,977 people living in 3,959 dwellings, all but 230 of which were detached houses on separate lots. About 10% of the population are of East or South-East Asian descent. Retail and property and business services are the two most common occupations.
Facilities
Educational
Leeming contains three primary schools - Leeming (1982), West Leeming (1986) and Banksia Park [1](1989) and one high school, Leeming Senior High School (1985) which includes an Education Support Centre, which is designed to meet the needs of students with disabilities, and scholarships in basketball and athletics.
Commercial
Leeming is served by two neighbourhood shopping centres for daily needs (including Leeming Shopping Forum), while other commercial services are provided by Stockland Bull Creek on its northern fringe, and Southlands Boulevarde in Willetton.
Recreational/Community
The suburb also contains a family centre, a recreation centre and sports facilities, including the Melville Glades Golf Club.
Jandakot Airport is 2 km to the south-east, and Murdoch University, Murdoch TAFE (a campus of Challenger TAFE) and St John of God Hospital are 2 km to the west.
Transport
The suburb is located next to Murdoch train station, which opened in 2007. All services are operated by the Public Transport Authority.
Politics
Leeming is a reasonably affluent suburb with many "mortgage belt" families, and all three of the suburb's booths support the Liberal Party at both federal and state elections in line with many suburbs in this region of Perth.
Pictures
 Leeming Shopping Forum |
 Leeming Recreation Centre sign on Farrington Road. |
 Leeming skate park. |
 Leeming Recreation Centre entrance. |
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Leeming (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC51826&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ^ Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of metropolitan suburb names - L". http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+metropolitan+suburb+names+-+L. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
- ^ Various MSD/UBD street directories, 1962-1987
- ^ City of Melville (August 2003). "Ken Hurst Park Management Plan" (PDF). http://www.melville.wa.gov.au/service_areas/infrastructure/attachments/appendix_ken_hurst_management_plan.pdf. Retrieved 2006-11-10.
External links
- Leeming Senior High School
- West Leeming Primary School
- Leeming Strikers Soccer Club
- Bullcreek Leeming Junior Football Club
- Suburb Fact Sheet (pdf)
- Leeming Recreation Centre - joint venture between the Education Department and City of Melville {pdf}
- Leeming Community Group
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