2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Highfields · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Highfields
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than six in ten families in Highfields are couples with children. This area has a strong focus on family living, with a typical home holding nearly three people and very few residents living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Highfields — higher than 86% of areas.
| Highfields | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4352, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with an average of 2.9 people per household, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures. Only 13.5% of people live alone, a rate far below the national average of 25.6%.
13.5% ▲ +23.5%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Highfields, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 7.7% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. This figure has barely changed since 2011.
7.7% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Highfields, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Highfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/317011450/highfields/topic/family-households