3.0 ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Laura · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Laura
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher number of people share homes in Laura than in most other areas, with an average of 3.0 people per dwelling. While this is lower than it was in 2011, the area still sees larger households than the state and national figures.
3.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Laura — higher than 87% of areas.
| Laura | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4892, QLD | 3.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 25.9% of people live alone, a figure that is about the same as the national average. However, larger homes are common, with 18.5% of households containing six or more people.
25.9% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Laura splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (25%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.6% of the total, which is well above the figures for both Queensland and Australia. This is a drop from 2011, when this group represented 30.0% of families.
23.6% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Laura, the largest group is Couples with children at 38%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (28%).
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/ucl/UCL322071/laura/topic/family-households