2.8 ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Highfields · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Highfields
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 61.3% of all families in Highfields, marking it as a strong hub for family life. The area has seen a shift toward larger households, with far fewer people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.8
▲ +16.7%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Highfields — higher than 81% of areas.
| Highfields | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4352, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 2.8 people per home and a typical size of two people. The proportion of people living alone has fallen sharply since 2011 to just 14.1%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
14.1% ▼ -50.5%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 only 7.9% of the population, a figure that is well below the Australian average and has fallen 11 points since 2011. Most families are couples, with 61.3% raising children and 30.5% without.
7.9% ▼ -58.8%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Highfields, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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/ucl/UCL313007/highfields/topic/family-households