Laidley Heights QLD 4341

Living Here

Laidley Heights is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,429 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,469 a week, with median rent near $345 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Lockyer Valley - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Laidley Heights itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 5 schools

  • Saint Marys School
  • Laidley District State School
  • Blenheim State School
  • Laidley State High School
  • Forest Hill State School
• 2 hospitals

  • Laidley Hospital
  • Gatton Hospital
• 1 library

  • Laidley Library
• 1 golf club

  • Laidley Golf Club
• 1 hardware store

  • Goodwin & Storr Mitre 10
• 1 place to stay

  • Lake Dyer

Getting around. Train station: Laidley, 3.1 km east · Airport: Toowoomba City Aerodrome, 44.9 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 15.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 6.1% · Labour-force participation 51.1%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

12,723 bird observations recorded near Laidley Heights — most often seen:

• Pacific Black Duck (618)
• Australasian Grebe (575)
• Australian Wood Duck (550)
• Noisy Miner (549)
• Magpie-lark (524)
• Grey Teal (501)
• Australian White Ibis (500)
• Australian Magpie (484)
• Welcome Swallow (484)
• Little Black Cormorant (476)
• Torresian Crow (464)
• Masked Lapwing (449)
• Australian Pelican (446)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Laidley Heights:

• Laidley (3.7 km)
• Glen Cairn (3.8 km)
• Laidley Creek West (4.1 km)
• Laidley North (4.3 km)
• Blenheim (4.7 km)
• Laidley South (5 km)
• Forest Hill (5.2 km)
• Lawes (7.8 km)

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