2.9 ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Laura · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Laura
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher proportions of large and single-parent households set Laura apart from most similar areas. With 2.9 people per home, the community has larger households than the national figure. This mix of living arrangements creates a distinct family profile for the town.
2.9
▼ -21.6%
- 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 Laura — higher than 81% of areas.
| Laura | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4892, QLD | 3.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Laura are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per home compared to 2.5 across Australia. Interestingly, 27.3% of people live alone, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
27.3% ▲ +63.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Laura, the largest group is 1 person at 29%, followed by 2 people (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.4% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. More than half of all families are couples with children, at 53.9%.
22.4% ▼ -50.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.5%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Laura, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Laura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31642/laura/topic/family-households