Leeming is a southern

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, Western Australia. It is divided between the three

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of the

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, the

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(south) and the

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(north-east). It is located approximately south of the

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and east of

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History

The area was previously part of Jandakot and was predominantly agricultural until the 1970s, having been laid out by surveyor George Waters Leeming (1857–1902) in 1886. Three roadsKing Road, Leeming Road (the southern boundary) and Beasley Roadaccessed 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, and

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to the south and southeast. The 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

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, 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,

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(1985).

Commercial

Leeming has two shopping centres: * Leeming Shopping Forum, on the corner of Farrington and Findlay Roads, which contains a variety of small shops, an IGA supermarket, and restaurants * Leeming Park Shopping Centre, on the corner of Beasley Road and Dundee Street Nearby commercial services are provided by Stockland in Bull Creek on its northern fringe, and Southlands Boulevarde in Willetton.

Recreation and community

The suburb contains a family centre, a recreation centre and sports facilities ("The Rec"), the Leeming Spartan Cricket Club, the Leeming Bowling Club and the Melville Glades Golf Club.Melville Glades Golf Club
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, Murdoch TAFE (a campus of

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), St John of God Murdoch Hospital and

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are 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.

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is to the south-east.

Politics

Leeming is a reasonably affluent suburb. Historically all three of the suburb's booths support the

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at both federal and state elections, in line with many suburbs in this region of Perth.

Pictures

References

External links

Leeming Spartan Cricket Club

Leeming Strikers Soccer Club

Bullcreek Leeming Junior Football Club

Leeming Community Group
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