Laura

19.6% of Laura's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

196 family households lived in Laura; 39.3% were couple families and 9.7% were one-parent families.

36.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Laura had 765 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 95.4% of occupied private dwellings in Laura.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.9% of occupied private dwellings.

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

49.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

27.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.5% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Laura had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 34.8%, while 19.7% had four or more usual residents.

13.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

54.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.4% walked or cycled.

3.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

One-car households formed 35.3% of the total.

62.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.7% reported a different address.

7.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

91.1% of residents used only English at home.

2.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.6% of Laura's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.9% of ancestry responses in Laura.

Australian ancestry made up 50.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

17.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 20.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.5%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

28.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.8%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

50.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.3% reported asthma, 14.6% arthritis and 8.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.9%.

Median household income was $1,042 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $892.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 13.6% in Laura, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 49.0% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 23.5% in Laura, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.