Laidley Creek West

14.0% of Laidley Creek West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

42 family households lived in Laidley Creek West; 26.2% were couple families and 19.0% were one-parent families.

31.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Laidley Creek West had 143 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 95.1% of occupied private dwellings in Laidley Creek West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

43.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

46.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.0% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

The average household in Laidley Creek West had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 25.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 29.3%, while 36.2% had four or more usual residents.

17.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Brisbane.

58.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.7% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 29.3% of the total.

62.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.9% reported a different address.

9.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

91.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

9.8% of Laidley Creek West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.6% of ancestry responses in Laidley Creek West.

Australian ancestry made up 39.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 20.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.3% of workers, and education and training employed 14.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.6%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

33.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

58.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.2% reported asthma, 12.6% arthritis and 8.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 56.2%.

Median household income was $1,583 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 17.1% in Laidley Creek West, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 43.3% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 10.0% in Laidley Creek West, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.