Laidley Heights (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,180 people in Laidley Heights (L) of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Laidley Heights (L) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population.

Of people in Laidley Heights (L) aged 15 years and over, 58.1% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Laidley Heights (L) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Laidley Heights (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Laidley Heights (L) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Laidley Heights (L) 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.5% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Laidley Heights (L) were Australian 30.4%, English 30.4%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 6.4% and German 5.9%.

In Laidley Heights (L), 79.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, New Zealand 2.4%, Germany 0.8%, Netherlands 0.8% and Philippines 0.7%.

In Laidley Heights (L), 71.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Laidley Heights (L) were Anglican 22.4%, Catholic 20.4%, No Religion 19.8%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Baptist 4.2%.

In Laidley Heights (L) 90.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.6%, German 0.5%, Russian 0.3%, Tagalog 0.3% and French 0.3%.

Employment

There were 487 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Laidley Heights (L). Of these 54.4% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Laidley Heights (L), 15.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Laidley Heights (L) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Laidley Heights (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Labourers 15.5%, Professionals 13.7%, Managers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8% and Sales Workers 9.3%.

Of the employed people in Laidley Heights (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.2%, School Education 6.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.8%, Tertiary Education 4.2% and Residential Care Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Laidley Heights (L) was $432.

In Laidley Heights (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Truck 2.9%, Walked only 1.6% and Motorbike/scooter 1.1%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Laidley Heights (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.1% 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 Heights (L), 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Laidley Heights (L), 39.9% were couple families with children, 44.5% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Laidley Heights (L) 22.8% of single parents were male and 77.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Laidley Heights (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,618 and those without children was $1,607.

Employment status of couple families

In Laidley Heights (L), of couple families with children, 14.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Laidley Heights (L), 93.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Laidley Heights (L), 98.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Laidley Heights (L), of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 3.9% had 2 bedrooms and 44.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Laidley Heights (L), 33.8% were owned outright, 48.3% were owned with a mortgage and 15.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Laidley Heights (L), of all households, 80.5% were family households, 16.3% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Laidley Heights (L), 25.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.1% 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 Heights (L), 33.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Laidley Heights (L), there were 32 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 50.0%) were male and 16 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Heights (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $820.

In Laidley Heights (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.