Highgate Hill, QLD 4101 — Suburb Profile
Population growth, migration, income, rent and the Census 2021 profile for this Statistical Area 2, drawn from ABS regional population and Census releases.
Suburb profile
Census 2021 characteristics. Every figure carries its definition, so a reader knows what is being counted.
Where the growth came from
Highgate Hill gained 676 residents from internal migration and 450 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 985 people moved away — a net addition of 141 before natural increase.
Components of change, 2024–25 sample period. Natural increase is shown separately from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
Estimated resident population
Highgate Hill against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Highgate Hill population grew from 6,755 in 2016 to 7,335 in 2025, a change of 8.6% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Highgate Hill | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6,755 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 6,752 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 6,764 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 6,710 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 6,663 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 6,467 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 6,623 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 6,928 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 7,200 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 7,335 | 5,669,764 |
Then and now
Census 2016 against Census 2021. Historical figures are mapped onto current boundaries, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
Facilities & amenities
What OpenStreetMap records inside the SA2 boundary. Counts reflect features tagged in OSM and can undercount a real, less-mapped area; public pools exclude private backyard pools where tagged.
Within the Highgate Hill SA2, OpenStreetMap records 4 GP or clinic locations, 1 supermarket and 7 parks. For families: 1 playground. Eating out and socialising: 5 cafés and 1 restaurant. Staying active: 2 sports fields. The nearest train station, South Bank, is about 850 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 21 bus stops here.
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- Growlife Medical
- Gladstone Road Medical
- Southcity Family Medical Centre
- Highgate Hill Doctors
- Handmade Naturals
- Highgate Hill Park
- Brydon Street Park
- Beaconsfield Reserve
- Dauphin Terrace Park
- Derby Street Park
- Lyons Playground
- Boobook Gully
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via the Overpass API.
Socio-economic indexes
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks areas by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth nationally, decile 10 the highest.
Nearby suburbs by growth
Ranked list stands in for the choropleth map; the map module is a later phase.