2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Highgate Hill · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households and single-person living define Highgate Hill, where 32% of homes are occupied by just one person. This is much higher than most other areas, creating a residential landscape that feels less crowded than the state and national average.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Highgate Hill — lower than 71% of areas.
| Highgate Hill | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4101, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
With a typical 2.3 people per home, Highgate Hill is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This lower density is driven by the high number of single-person households, which are far more common here than in the rest of Queensland.
2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
32.0% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Highgate Hill splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families here are couples with children, while couples without children make up 30.9%. One-parent families account for 13.8% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
13.8% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Highgate Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Highgate Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31331/highgate-hill/topic/family-households