2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
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.
Far more people live alone in Laura than in most similar areas. This has led to a typical household size of 2.2 people, which is lower than the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 — lower than 64% of areas.
| Laura | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5480, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 38% of residents live by themselves, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why homes here are smaller than usual, with 37.9% of households consisting of just one person.
37.9% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Laura, the largest group is 1 person at 39%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families here are couples with children, while 31.1% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 14.2% of the total, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
14.2% ▲ +126.1%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Laura, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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/UCL421021/laura/topic/family-households