Highgrove · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Highgrove

How families and households are made up across the area.

A far higher proportion of one-parent families than the state average defines Highgrove. While the typical home size remains steady, the family makeup here is quite distinct, with 36.4% of families being led by a single parent.

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📍 Highgrove, Suburb / Locality

Where Highgrove sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Highgrove — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Highgrove2.5
4352, QLD 2.9
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Highgrove holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the figure for both Queensland and Australia.

2.5

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Highgrove, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 4 people is next at 27%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 36.4% of the total, a figure far above the 15.4% seen across Queensland. This group is the most common family type here, followed by couples without children at 31.8% and couples with children at 22.7%.

36.4%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 11.5%
  • 2021: 36.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Highgrove splits fairly evenly between One-parent families (40%) and Couples without children (35%), with Couples with children at 25%.

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 Highgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31332/highgrove/topic/family-households