Highland Plains (Toowoomba - Qld)

11.7% of Highland Plains (Toowoomba - Qld)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

16 family households lived in Highland Plains (Toowoomba - Qld); 25.0% were couple families and 18.8% were one-parent families.

37.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Highland Plains (Toowoomba - Qld) had 60 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 90.5% of occupied private dwellings in Highland Plains (Toowoomba - Qld).

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

21.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

63.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Highland Plains (Toowoomba - Qld) had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 15.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 47.4%, while 31.6% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

60.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 15.8% of the total.

57.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.0% reported a different address.

8.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

81.7% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.3% of Highland Plains (Toowoomba - Qld)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 75.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.3% of ancestry responses in Highland Plains (Toowoomba - Qld).

Australian ancestry made up 30.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

13.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 20.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 26.7% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

42.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

0.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 10.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.7%.

Median household income was $2,062 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Highland Plains (Toowoomba - Qld), compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 21.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 15.8% in Highland Plains (Toowoomba - Qld), against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.