Leeming, Western Australia

Leeming Perth, Western Australia
Leeming
Coordinates
Population	11,548 (2006 census)
• Density	1,540/km2 (3,988/sq mi)
Established	1978
Postcode(s)	6149
Area	7.5 km2 (2.9 sq mi)
Location	17 km (11 mi) from Perth
LGA(s)	City of Melville City of Cockburn City of Canning
State electorate(s)	Jandakot
Federal Division(s)	Tangney
Suburbs around Leeming: Bateman Bull Creek Willetton Murdoch Leeming Canning Vale Bibra Lake Jandakot Canning Vale

Leeming is a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It is divided between the three local government areas of 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.

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. 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 approximately 1976 (possibly as early as 1975). 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. 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, is also within the suburb's boundaries.

At the ABS 2001 census, Leeming had a mostly upper-middle income population of 12,977 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 (1989), and one high school, Leeming Senior High School (1985).

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.

Recreation and community

The suburb also contains a family centre, a recreation centre and sports facilities ("The Rec"), and the Melville Glades Golf Club.

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.

Jandakot Airport is 2 km to the south-east.

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 SMC 2006.jpg

  Leeming Shopping Forum

• Leeming recreation centre SMC 2006.jpg

  Leeming Recreation Centre sign on Farrington Road.

• Leeming Skate park SMC 2006.jpg

  Leeming skate park in 2006.
  Since 2007, it been repainted regularly with street art, under a plan (known as "Phaze") organised by the local council.

External links

• Leeming Strikers Soccer Club
• Bullcreek Leeming Junior Football Club
• Leeming Community Group