Laidley South QLD 4341
155 addresses · 16 streets
Wright Electorate › Lockyer Valley LGA › Laidley South · 66 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Laidley South is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 293 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,446 a week, with median rent near $310 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 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 South itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 parks
1 hospital
1 library
1 golf club
1 hardware store
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Laidley, 4.4 km north · Airport: Toowoomba City Aerodrome, 48.9 km west.
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: 38.9% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 38.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 48.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 51.9%
Population by age in Laidley South
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 48 |
| 15-19 | 24 |
| 20-24 | 20 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 30 |
| 45-54 | 56 |
| 55-64 | 47 |
| 65-74 | 28 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Laidley South
| House | 93 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Laidley South
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 22 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 29 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Laidley South
| Australian | 128 |
|---|---|
| English | 116 |
| Ancestry NS | 35 |
| Scottish | 31 |
| German | 30 |
| Irish | 17 |
Housing tenure in Laidley South
| Owned | 33 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 40 |
| Rented | 17 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Laidley South
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 36 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Laidley South
| Car | 90 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Top countries of birth in Laidley South
| New Zealand | 8 |
|---|---|
| England | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
12,124 bird observations recorded near Laidley South — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (583)
- Australasian Grebe (542)
- Noisy Miner (532)
- Australian Wood Duck (531)
- Magpie-lark (494)
- Australian White Ibis (486)
- Welcome Swallow (475)
- Grey Teal (470)
- Australian Magpie (458)
- Little Black Cormorant (457)
- Masked Lapwing (442)
- Torresian Crow (440)
- Australian Pelican (428)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Laidley South
- Willie Wagtail (411)
- Crested Pigeon (410)
- Little Pied Cormorant (394)
- Eurasian Coot (391)
- Australasian Darter (389)
- Great Egret (367)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (354)
- Little Corella (344)
- Hardhead (338)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (326)
- Pale-headed Rosella (316)
- Whistling Kite (296)
- Common Myna (291)
- Dusky Moorhen (291)
- Pied Butcherbird (290)
- Galah (289)
- Grey Butcherbird (289)
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 South:
- Laidley (3.6 km)
- Laidley Creek West (3.9 km)
- Laidley Heights (5 km)
- Laidley North (5.9 km)
- Mulgowie (6.5 km)
- Grandchester (6.9 km)
- Blenheim (7.4 km)
- Glen Cairn (8.5 km)
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Streets
- Beames Drive (38)
- Brown Springs Road (5)
- Cobblestone Lane (2)
- Cramer Avenue (14)
- Grey Street (2)
- Jacaranda Drive (1)
- Kitchener Road (4)
- Lester Lane (5)
- Lester Lane E (4)
- Milne Street (8)
- Moonlight Parade (19)
- Mulgowie Road (24)
- O'dwyer Road (9)
- Old Mulgowie Road (9)
- Rosewood - Laidley Road (2)
- Sunset Boulevard (9)
