2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Laidley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Laidley
How families and households are made up across the area.
One in three households in Laidley consists of just one person, which is a much higher rate than in most similar areas. This trend helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than the state or national average, with only 2.3 people per dwelling.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Laidley — lower than 71% of areas.
| Laidley | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4341, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.6% of people live alone, a figure well above the Queensland rate of 24.7%. This contributes to a typical household size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
33.6% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Laidley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.5% of the total, which is far above the national average of 14.1%. Other family types include couples with children (39.6%) and couples without children (31.1%).
27.5% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Laidley, the largest group is Couples with children at 39%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (27%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Laidley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31606/laidley/topic/family-households