Highfields

19.2% of Highfields's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2,595 family households lived in Highfields; 44.0% were couple families and 8.3% were one-parent families.

32.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Highfields had 8,568 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 96.0% of occupied private dwellings in Highfields.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.1% of occupied private dwellings.

46.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

39.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Highfields had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 14.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 41.9%, while 29.2% had four or more usual residents.

9.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

69.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

1.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 23.2% of the total.

75.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.3% reported a different address.

11.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

94.1% of residents used only English at home.

3.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.7% of Highfields's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.7% of ancestry responses in Highfields.

Australian ancestry made up 39.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

24.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 13.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

35.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

57.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 11.2% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.2%.

Median household income was $1,994 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,842.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 9.7% in Highfields, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 46.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 14.4% in Highfields, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.