Leeming, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Leeming
city = Perth
state = wa

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caption =
lga = City of Melville
lga2 = City of Cockburn
area = 7.5
postcode = 6149
pop = 11548 (2006 census)Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC51826|name=Leeming (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-10-05]
dist1 = 17 |location1 = Perth
est = 1978
fedgov = Tangney
stategov = Jandakot
near-nw = Bateman
near-n = Bull Creek
near-ne = Willetton
near-w = Murdoch
near-e = Canning Vale
near-sw = Bibra Lake
near-s = Jandakot
near-se = Canning Valecoord|-32.082|115.851|type:city(11548)_region:AU-WA_scale:30000|format=dms|display=title

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.

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. [LandInfo WA|m|L|2007-01-17] 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. [Various MSD/UBD street directories, 1962-1987] 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, [cite web|url=http://www.melville.wa.gov.au/service_areas/infrastructure/attachments/appendix_ken_hurst_management_plan.pdf|title=Ken Hurst Park Management Plan|author=City of Melville|month=August | year=2003|accessdate=2006-11-10|format=PDF] 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), [http://members.iinet.com.au/~westleem/ West Leeming] (1986) and Banksia Park [http://www.banksiapark.wa.edu.au] (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.

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.

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References

External links

* [http://www.leeming.wa.edu.au/places/places.html Leeming Senior High School]
* [http://members.iinet.com.au/~westleem/ West Leeming Primary School]
* [http://www.leemingstrikers.com.au Leeming Strikers Soccer Club]
* [http://www.bljfc.com.au/ Bullcreek Leeming Junior Football Club]
* [http://www.melvillecity.com.au/about/city-profile/suburb-fact-sheets/Leeming.pdf Suburb Fact Sheet] (pdf)
* [http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/publications/facilities/case%20study%20Leeming%20Recreation%20Centreleeming.pdf Leeming Recreation Centre] - joint venture between the Education Department and City of Melville {pdf}

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