Laidley South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 421 people in Laidley South of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Laidley South was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.8% of the population.

Of people in Laidley South aged 15 years and over, 53.4% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Laidley South was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Laidley South, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Laidley South was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Laidley South 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.6% were in primary school, 25.4% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Laidley South were Australian 34.6%, English 24.3%, Irish 10.1%, German 9.2% and Scottish 8.3%.

In Laidley South, 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, New Zealand 1.7%, Zimbabwe 1.4%, Denmark 0.7% and Zambia 0.7%.

In Laidley South, 82.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Laidley South were No Religion 21.7%, Anglican 19.1%, Catholic 18.9%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Lutheran 6.1%.

In Laidley South 88.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Danish 0.7%.

Employment

There were 203 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Laidley South. Of these 65.0% were employed full time, 25.1% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Laidley South, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Laidley South was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Laidley South included Labourers 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Managers 12.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.5%, Professionals 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4% and Sales Workers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Laidley South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 7.8%, Local Government Administration 5.7%, School Education 5.2%, Road Freight Transport 4.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Laidley South was $592.

In Laidley South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.0%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Truck 3.1%, Motorbike/scooter 2.6% and Bicycle 2.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Laidley South, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.9% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Laidley South, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Laidley South, 50.9% were couple families with children, 39.6% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

In Laidley South 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Laidley South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,107 and those without children was $1,700.

Employment status of couple families

In Laidley South, of couple families with children, 25.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Laidley South, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Laidley South, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Laidley South, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 15.8% had 2 bedrooms and 48.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Laidley South, 31.8% were owned outright, 50.0% were owned with a mortgage and 18.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Laidley South, of all households, 81.8% were family households, 15.9% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Laidley South, 21.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Laidley South, 26.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Laidley South, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 50.0%) were male and 5 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 18 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Laidley South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,708.

In Laidley South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,305.