> Source: https://www.k-stra.com/industries/local-services/ > Updated: 2026-11-03 Industries · Local services # How do I choose a location for a laundromat or local service? A laundromat, a tailor or a print shop is chosen because it is close. Here is how to find the streets where the need is high and the nearest service is not. The worked example is a laundromat in Mildura; the same method applies to the other five local services. In short Choose a laundromat or local service location by counting the residents within a few minutes’ drive and the kind of homes they live in — renters, flats, households without their own facilities — then the services already nearby, per 10,000 residents against the council, the state and Australia. Convenience wins: a short trip beats a big catchment. [Map local services near you](https://www.k-stra.com/a/?b=10&cat=markets_brands&mm=sector&sc=laundries&src=industries-local-services) What K-Stra maps ## Which local services does K-Stra map? K-Stra groups six local services: laundries, tailors, cobblers, parcel lockers, copy and print shops, and funeral services. Every one of them is measured on its own reach and its own slice of ABS household spending. They are small trades with short trips. Laundries, the largest, have 5,672 locations across Australia, so a single new business can change how well a suburb is served. Sectors of the Local services group in K-Stra, with the number of locations in the catalogue Sector in the app Locations What it counts Laundries 5,672 Laundromats, laundries, dry cleaners and cleaners. Tailors 1,866 Tailors and clothing alterations. Cobblers 670 Shoe repairs and key cutting. Parcel lockers 1,362 Parcel lockers and pickup points. Copy & print shops 2,830 Copy, print and signage shops. Funeral services 596 Funeral directors. Source: the Local services group in the sector list of the K-Stra app on 1 November 2026, with the names the app uses; business catalogue of 23 October 2026, built from public online business listings. The counts here are the whole catalogue, as on the Australia pages; the national figure in the per 10,000 table of the example below counts only the locations K-Stra can place on an Australian address, so it can be a few places lower, which moves its rate by at most a hundredth. What matters ## Which numbers matter most for a local service? 1. ### Residents within a few minutes The K-Stra model measures laundries on a 6-minute drive. Nobody crosses town to do the washing or have a hem taken up. The 6-minute drive is how far K-Stra assumes customers usually travel to a laundry when it models demand and competition; the 10-minute drive of the example is the area chosen to look at. The first sets the model, the second sets what is counted. In the app: the Where step, by car or on foot, and the Demand map. 2. ### Renters and flats Rented homes and flats are where shared or missing laundry facilities are most common. Around Mildura 37.5% of homes are rented, 747 of them social housing. In the app: People & Economy, Housing: tenure and dwelling type, from the ABS Census 2021. 3. ### Services per 10,000 residents Australia has 2.05 laundries per 10,000. Centres sit above it; outer suburbs and new estates often have none. In the app: the density table: catchment, council, state and Australia side by side. 4. ### Households without a car A household without a car needs a service within walking distance. Around Mildura 8% of homes have no car. In the app: People & Economy, Housing: cars per dwelling. 5. ### Market gap Where spending within reach is high against the services already there, the market gap rises above 100: the streets where the nearest laundry is too far. In the app: the Market gap map and the five best locations at least 500 m apart. Data ## What data do you need to assess a local service site? Services, residents, housing and spending, already loaded. Nothing needs uploading. - ### Every local service Six local service sectors from public online business listings, with category, address, rating and reviews. [Business and competition data](https://www.k-stra.com/product/data/markets/) - ### Tenure and dwelling type Owned, mortgaged, rented and social housing; houses, townhouses and flats; cars per dwelling. ABS Census 2021. [Housing data](https://www.k-stra.com/product/data/housing/) - ### Residents ABS population estimates at 30 June 2025, counted on every address of the catchment. [Population data](https://www.k-stra.com/product/data/population/) - ### Spending on services Household spending from the ABS national accounts for 2024–25, assigned to each local service sector. [Work, income and spending](https://www.k-stra.com/product/data/work-and-income/) *[Image: K-Stra market gap map for laundries within 10 minutes by car of 1 Langtree Avenue, Mildura VIC: purple shading over the suburbs of Mildura, a few laundry pins, and the five best locations with their index.]* The market gap layer for laundries around Langtree Avenue. With few laundries in town, the darkest purple lies in the residential suburbs away from the centre. In K-Stra ## How do you analyse a local service site in K-Stra? Two analyses of the same area: Markets & Brands with Laundries — or another local service — as a whole sector, and People & Economy with Housing. 1. WhereThe address and a short drive or walk. The size of the area does not change the price. 2. Markets & BrandsThe local service as a whole sector, 40 credits: every business, density and best locations. 3. People & EconomyHousing, 2 credits: tenure, dwelling type and cars per dwelling. [Open this setup in the app](https://www.k-stra.com/a/?b=10&cat=markets_brands&mm=sector&sc=laundries&src=industries-local-services) Example ## What does a laundry analysis show? Laundries within 10 minutes by car of 1 Langtree Avenue, Mildura VIC: 8 businesses for 31,986 residents, 2.5 per 10,000 against 2.05 in Australia. Of the 12,259 occupied homes in the same area, 37.5% are rented, 79.4% are separate houses and 7.8% are flats. Laundries per 10,000 residents within 10 minutes of 1 Langtree Avenue, Mildura VIC, compared with the council, the state and Australia Area Laundries Residents Per 10,000 residents Catchment 8 31,986 2.50 Mildura (council) 10 57,309 1.74 Victoria 1,675 7,073,859 2.37 Australia 5,671 27,613,654 2.05 Sources: K-Stra analysis of 1 November 2026: laundries and dry cleaners, and housing, within a 10-minute drive in average traffic of 1 Langtree Avenue, Mildura. Businesses: K-Stra places catalogue, October 2026. Residents: ABS population estimates at 30 June 2025. Spending: ABS national accounts, 2024–25. Housing: ABS Census 2021. Reading the numbers ## Does Mildura need another laundromat? The town centre is covered: 2.5 laundries per 10,000 residents within ten minutes, close to Victoria at 2.37. The Mildura council area as a whole has 1.74, and of the 8 businesses only 2 are self-service laundromats. Need is there: more than a third of homes are rented. The highest market gap is near 12 Belle Gardens Drive, Mildura, at 173 against 100 for the typical spot, in the residential streets where the nearest laundry is furthest away. *[Image: K-Stra tables of housing tenure, dwelling type and cars per dwelling within 10 minutes of 1 Langtree Avenue, Mildura VIC: 37.5% rented, 79.4% separate houses, 8% of homes without a car.]* Housing · Mildura 37.5% of homes rentedPeople & Economy, Housing, on the same area: tenure, dwelling type and cars per dwelling, from the ABS Census 2021. Cost ## How much does a local service analysis cost? The Mildura example cost 42 credits. A whole town costs the same: you pay for the questions, not the size of the area. [How credits work](https://www.k-stra.com/pricing/how-credits-work/) - Markets & Brands, one local serviceper sector, any area 40 credits - People & Economy, Housingper topic 2 credits - Maps, tables and exports of the results Free - Total\= 42 credits - ≈ A$64 at the Single report pack rate of A$1.53 a credit; less with larger packs and monthly plans. Optional, not in the total - Compare candidate sitesper candidate site \+ 20 credits The estimate appears before each run starts, and a run that fails costs nothing. Three questions ## What do people opening a local service ask next? - ### How far will customers come? Draw drive-time or walk-time bands on real roads and paths and see who lives in each one. [Catchment area analysis](https://www.k-stra.com/solutions/catchment-area-analysis/) - ### Who lives around here? Age, households, housing, income and spending of the residents, against the council, the state and Australia. [Demographic analysis](https://www.k-stra.com/solutions/demographic-analysis/) - ### How big is the market? Residents within a drive time, what they spend on the service each year and how many businesses share it. [Market potential analysis](https://www.k-stra.com/solutions/market-potential-analysis/) FAQ ## What else do people ask about local service locations? ### How many laundries and dry cleaners are there per resident in Australia? 5,671 laundry and dry cleaning locations for 27,613,654 residents: 2.05 per 10,000, or one for every 4,869 Australians, in the K-Stra catalogue of October 2026. ### Does K-Stra know which homes have a washing machine? No. The closest signals are tenure and dwelling type from the ABS Census 2021: renters, flats and social housing are the households most likely to use a laundromat. They are in the Housing topic of People & Economy. ### Are laundromats and dry cleaners in the same sector? Yes. The Laundries sector holds laundromats, laundries, dry cleaners and cleaners, and the table shows which is which: in the Mildura example 3 cleaners, 2 laundries, 2 laundromats, 1 dry cleaner. ### Can I analyse parcel lockers or print shops? Yes. Tailors, cobblers, parcel lockers, copy and print shops and funeral services are sectors of their own, each with its own demand, competition and best locations. ### Does K-Stra show the estimated annual sales of local services? No. Laundries, tailors, print shops and the other local services are services, and services never have an estimated annual sales band in K-Stra: the estimate is for existing retail stores only, as a band with its confidence. Related pages - [All industries](https://www.k-stra.com/industries/) - [Housing data](https://www.k-stra.com/product/data/housing/) - [Competitor analysis](https://www.k-stra.com/solutions/competitor-analysis/) - [Isochrone, isodistance or radius](https://www.k-stra.com/geomarketing/isochrone-vs-isodistance/) - [What is a catchment area?](https://www.k-stra.com/geomarketing/catchment-area/) - [Business and competition data](https://www.k-stra.com/product/data/markets/) Your turn ## Find the streets your service is missing. Type an address, pick your local service and read residents, housing and the gaps on one map. [Open the app — free to explore](https://www.k-stra.com/a/?b=10&cat=markets_brands&mm=sector&sc=laundries&src=industries-local-services) Exploring the map is free; you pay only for the analyses you run