2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
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.
More than 32% of people live alone in Laura, which is well above the national figure. This means a high proportion of the community lives solo, though over half of all families still include children.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 — lower than 71% of areas.
| Laura | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5480, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are much more common here than in most areas, with 32.9% of people living alone. This helps explain why the typical home has 2.3 people, a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
32.9% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Laura splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (34%), with 4 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.4% of families. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent 11.1% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
11.1% ▲ +38.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Laura, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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/SAL40751/laura/topic/family-households