Highland Park

18.1% of Highland Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

1,911 family households lived in Highland Park; 42.8% were couple families and 16.1% were one-parent families.

35.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Highland Park had 6,576 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.6% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 85.0% of occupied private dwellings in Highland Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 10.2% of occupied private dwellings.

34.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

47.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.8% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Highland Park had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 19.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 35.4%, while 26.6% had four or more usual residents.

10.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

67.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 31.2% of the total.

66.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.1% reported a different address.

26.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

86.3% of residents used only English at home.

9.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

26.7% of Highland Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.3% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.7% of ancestry responses in Highland Park.

Australian ancestry made up 33.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.2% of responses.

18.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 11.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

33.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

58.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 10.5% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.5%.

Median household income was $1,609 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $430 per week.

Working from home was 10.9% in Highland Park, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 34.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 17.8% in Highland Park, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.