2.7 ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Laidley Heights · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Laidley Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than one in five people live alone in Laidley Heights (L), a figure that is well below the national average. This area typically sees more people sharing a home than most other places. Overall, it is a place where family-based living is the norm.
2.7
▲ +12.5%
- 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 Heights — higher than 76% of areas.
| Laidley Heights | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4341, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most areas, with 2.7 people per home, up from 2.4 in 2011. This trend is reflected in the low 19.2% of people living alone, which is well below the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
19.2% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Laidley Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of all families are couples with children, making up 49.6% of the group. One-parent families make up 15.5%, which is about the same as the state average and slightly higher than the national figure.
15.5% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Laidley Heights, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321065/laidley-heights/topic/family-households