St Leonards and Burkes, which cover , are part of the
Ravensbourne-St Leonards statistical area. They had a population of 669 at the
2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 3 people (−0.4%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 33 people (5.2%) since the
2006 census. There were 261 households, comprising 315 males and 354 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.89 males per female, with 102 people (15.2%) aged under 15 years, 96 (14.3%) aged 15 to 29, 363 (54.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 117 (17.5%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 93.7% European/
Pākehā, 6.7%
Māori, 1.3%
Pasifika, 3.1%
Asian, and 2.7% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 60.5% had no religion, 28.7% were
Christian, 0.4% had
Māori religious beliefs, 0.9% were
Hindu, 0.4% were
Muslim, 0.4% were
Buddhist and 3.6% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 225 (39.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 57 (10.1%) people had no formal qualifications. 138 people (24.3%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 300 (52.9%) people were employed full-time, 102 (18.0%) were part-time, and 12 (2.1%) were unemployed. ==Education==