2021 Census record

Leimatuʻa

Leimatuʻa · Vavaʻu

Constituency: Vava’u 16

Population

TotalMaleFemale
20211,421699722
20161,215594621
20111,105555550
Change since 2016
+206 (+17%)

Households

All households
283
Occupied
260
Vacant
23
Average household size
5

Ages

Aged 0–14
592
Aged 15–64
742
Aged 65 and over
87

Where people were born

In this village
999
Elsewhere in Tonga
397
Overseas
25

Church

Largest congregation
Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga627 people

School and work

Attending school
515
Employed
460
Unemployed
61
Young people employed
191
Young people unemployed
39
Seasonal workers overseas (2020)
17
Seasonal workers overseas (2021)
32

Phones and internet

Using the internet
50650.4% of people aged 10 and over
Using a mobile phone
617

Income

Most common main income source
Remittances from anyone not in household120 households
Households receiving remittances
221

Water

Most common water source
Own water tank149 households

Being prepared

Households with a 72-hour emergency bag
129

Household items

Households with a car
115
Households with a computer
53

This record is drawn from the Tonga Statistics Department’s 2021 Census village profile.

What this record does not say

A census counts what can be counted — people, households, answers to set questions. It does not say what a village is: its history, its people, what it is known for. That is what the village itself will add.