2.3 ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Laidley · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Laidley
How families and households are made up across the area.
A surge in single-person homes and lone parents has reshaped Laidley since 2011. The town has seen a significant shift in living arrangements, with 32.6% of households now consisting of just one person. This change is part of a broader trend towards smaller, more diverse household types across the area.
2.3
▼ -14.8%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Laidley — lower than 57% of areas.
| Laidley | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4341, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Laidley hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure and a drop from 2.7 in 2011. This is partly because the share of people living alone has risen by 15 points to 32.6%, a figure well above the Queensland average.
32.6% ▲ +81.2%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Laidley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 30% of the local total, a figure far above the national average that has risen by 20 points since 2011. While 38.9% of families are couples with children, these single-parent households are now among the highest for similar areas.
30.0% ▲ +186.9%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 30.0%
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 One-parent families (30%) and Couples without children (29%).
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/ucl/UCL315050/laidley/topic/family-households