Highgate Hill

Highgate Hill is a residential inner city suburb in the City of Brisbane. It's home to 6,194 people as of the 2016 census.

Name
Highgate Hill's name is derived from the hill within the suburb's boundaries. However, the origin of the 'Highgate' part of the name is not definitively known but is assumed to have been named by an early resident of the area and to be derived from Highgate in London, England.

Establishment as a suburb
Highgate Hill was established as a suburb on August 11, 1975 by the Queensland Place Names Board. The suburb's boundaries have since been amended twice in 2002 and 2015.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Highgate Hill recorded a population of 6,194 people, 49.7% female and 50.3% male. The median age of the Highgate Hill population was 33 years, 5 years below the national median. 56.3% of people living in Highgate Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England (3.5%), Greece (3.0%), New Zealand (2.9%), India (2.0%) and China (2.0%).

Highgate Hill is a predominantly family suburb with 53.9% of households being family households. Of these family households, 55.6% have children. The other households are single-person households (32.1%) and group households (14.1%).

Employment and wealth
In 2016, Highgate Hill had an unemployment rate of 7.5%, 0.6% higher than the national rate. The top industries were higher education (6.4%), cafes and restaurants (6.0%), hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals) (4.8%), State Government administration (3.7%) and computer system design and related services (2.6%).

The weekly median household income was $1,548 (annually $80,496) and the weekly median personal income was $729 (annually $37,908).

Schools
There are no schools currently open in Highgate Hill.

Students
There was a total of 1,722 students living in Highgate Hill in 2016, making up 27.8% of all residents. Out of those attending an educational institution, the top responses were university (51.1%), secondary school (21.8%) and primary school (17.8%).

74.7% of Highgate Hill's 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 11.7% of the counted population didn't state their education level.

Real estate
When the 2016 census was held, the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,066 and median weekly rent was $365.

At the time, Highgate Hill was home to 2,820 private dwellings. 89.6% of the dwellings were occupied. Of these occupied dwellings, 55.7% were apartments, 38.2% were separate houses and 5.1% were semi-detached houses (such as townhouses). The average number of a dwelling's bedrooms was 2.5 and the average number of people in a Highgate Hill household was 2.4.

Property market
From May 2020 to May 2021, the median price for a house on the market was $1,290,000 and the median weekly rent for a house was $500. Most property listings in Highgate Hill were for units to rent.

From 2012 to 2020, house prices in Highgate Hill rose 67.7% and unit prices rose 5.0%.

Culture
On review website Homely, Highgate Hill is described as a "nice and quiet neighbourhood" a short distance from West End, South Brisbane and Brisbane City. It's home to many restaurants and "leafy parks" and is overall a "great area". However, there are a few complaints that the suburb is expensive and is too dependent on its proximity to more bustling suburbs.