3.1 ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Highvale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Highvale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and full houses define Highvale, where the typical household size of 3.1 people is among the highest for similar areas. This is a place where very few people live alone and the vast majority of homes are occupied by families.
3.1
▼ -6.1%
- 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 Highvale — higher than 88% of areas.
| Highvale | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4520, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.1 people per home, Highvale's households are a little larger than the Queensland and national figures of 2.5. Only 8.2% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
8.2% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Highvale, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (26%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the community at 70.7%. One-parent families account for just 5.2% of the total, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the national average of 14.1%.
5.2% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Highvale, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Highvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31336/highvale/topic/family-households