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Langdon was a partner of George Cole, a Melbourne merchant and owner of Coles Wharf on the Yarra River.<\/p>\n
Shortly after Langdon’s purchase Cole acquired land along the foreshore, both sides of the present-day St Leonards.<\/p>\n
He is thought to have established a firewood trade from the Bellarine Peninsula to Melbourne and to have built the first houses at St Leonards.<\/p>\n
A pier was functioning by 1862 and was used for the carriage of agricultural produce as well as for poultry, pigs and fish.<\/p>\n
Along with several coastal towns on the Bellarine Peninsula, St Leonards became a camping and fishing resort.<\/p>\n
St Leonards has grown steadily since the 1960\u2019s and has a foreshore reserve from Indented Head (to its north) to Lower Bluff wildlife reserve, interspersed with three camping areas.<\/p>\n
CoreLogic data indicates that the predominant age group in St Leonards is 60-69 years with households in St Leonards being primarily childless couples and are likely to be repaying $1,400 – $1,799 per month on mortgage repayments, and in general, people in St Leonards work in a professional occupation.<\/p>\n
In 2011, 70.9% of the homes in St Leonards were owner-occupied compared with 71.6% in 2016.<\/p>\n