Augustine Heights

Augustine Heights is a residential suburb in the City of Ipswich. It's home to 4,880 people as of the 2016 census.

Establishment as a suburb
Augustine Heights was established as a suburb on September 19, 2003 by the Queensland Minister for Natural Resources.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Augustine Heights recorded a population of 4,880 people, 50.1% female and 49.9% male. The median age of the Augustine Heights population was 29 years, 9 years below the national median. 66.7% of people living in Augustine Heights were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand (7.7%), England (4.7%), India (3.1%), South Africa (1.9%) and the Philippines (1.8%).

Augustine Heights is a predominantly family suburb with 90.5% of households being family households. Of these family households, 74.5% have children. The other households are single-person households (7.3%) and group households (2.2%).

Employment and wealth
In 2016, Augustine Heights had an unemployment rate of 5.8%, 1.1% lower than the national rate. The top industries were defence (6.9%), hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals) (5.6%), supermarket and grocery stores (3.1%), primary education (2.9%) and State Government administration (2.3%).

The weekly median household income was $2,279 (annually $118,508) and the weekly median personal income was $1,004 (annually $52,208).

Schools
Public schools
 * Augusta State School

Private schools
 * St Augustine's College

Students
There was a total of 1,530 students living in Augustine Heights in 2016, making up 31.3%% of all residents. Out of those attending an educational institution, the top responses were primary school (42.9%), secondary school (23.9%) and university (19.0%).

75.5% of Augustine Heights' residents (aged 15 years or over) had finished year 12 or achieved a higher level of education by the 2016 census. However, it should also be noted that 5.3% of the counted population didn't state their education level.

Real estate
When the 2016 census was held, the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,300 and median weekly rent was $400.

At the time, Augustine Heights was home to 1,602 private dwellings. 93.9% of the dwellings were occupied. Of these occupied dwellings, 95.5% were separate houses and 4.0% were other houses (such as townhouses); there were no apartments. The average number of a dwelling's bedrooms was 3.9 and the average number of people in an Augustine Heights household was 3.3.

Property market
From March 2020 to March 2021, the median price for a house on the market was $550,000 and the median weekly rent for a house was $420. Most property listings in Augustine Heights were for houses to rent.

From 2012 to 2020, house prices in Augustine Heights rose 7.3%.

Culture
On review website Homely, Augustine Heights is described as a suburb where "you can still buy a beautiful newer home" for a reasonable price. The reviews mention good public transport since Augustine Heights is only a ~4-minute drive to Springfield Central railway station and easy accessibility to shopping centres such as Orion Shopping Centre and Brookwater Village Shopping Centre. Each review recommends the suburb for families with kids.