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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Highgate Hill is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Brisbane, Australia, with a population of approximately 6,229, making it a smaller community. Located 2 km from the Brisbane CBD, Highgate Hill is a middle ring area in Queensland. The median household income is $100,724 per year.
Highgate Hill benefits from a high-income resident base, supporting premium property pricing. Its proximity to the CBD adds a strong location premium.
Official Australia Post postcode for Highgate Hill. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 2 schools within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Highgate Hill on My School →Estimated 2 parks and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
6,229 residents places Highgate Hill squarely in the middle of the Queensland suburb size distribution (state median 5,474), with market depth comparable to most QLD localities. Households here earn $100,724/year on average — 12% above the QLD suburb median of $90,298 — a modest premium that supports resilient owner-occupier demand. Median rent of $380/week (~$1,647/month) covers only 69% of the median mortgage of $2,376/month — the remaining $729/month must be funded from other income, so this suburb tilts toward capital growth rather than yield. At 2 km from the Brisbane CBD, Highgate Hill sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks. Only 34% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 77% state median), so this is a unit-heavy market where body-corporate decisions and strata supply meaningfully shape investor returns.
This suburb suits long-term investors looking for a balance of rental yield and capital growth. Schools and transport underpin family demand. Local rents consume roughly 20% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Highgate Hill stacks up against the median of all Queensland suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Highgate Hill sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Highgate Hill | QLD median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 6,229 | 5,474 | +14% |
| Median household income | $100,724/yr | $90,298/yr | +12% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $380 | $385 | -1% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,376 | $1,733 | +37% |
| Distance to CBD | 2 km | 62 km | -97% |
| Separate houses | 34% | 77% | -43pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Highgate Hill — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Solid buy-and-hold profile: a population of 6,229 and household income close to the QLD median ($100,724 vs $90,298) give the market enough depth for patient capital growth without the premium entry price of inner suburbs.
Moderate rental coverage: rent of $380/week covers 69% of a $2,376/month mortgage, leaving a $729/month gap that an investor bridges with equity, depreciation and tax benefits.
Only 34% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 77% QLD median) — this is a unit and townhouse market, where cosmetic flips struggle against body-corporate restrictions, thinner after-reno uplift and competing new supply.
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Create free account →Property values in Highgate Hill should track the wider Queensland market through 2026, with the $100,724/year median household income (12% above the $90,298 state median) keeping the suburb firmly mid-pack. Rental coverage runs at ~69% of the typical mortgage ($1,647/month rent vs $2,376/month repayment), leaving a manageable top-up for most investors. The EquitySight investment score of 78/100 places Highgate Hill in the upper-middle tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is constructive heading into the second half of 2026.
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Highgate Hill scores 78/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a good rating. That score is driven by a population of 6,229, median household income of $100,724/year and median weekly rent of $380. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Highgate Hill are proximity to Brisbane (2 km), an above-state-median household income of $100,724/year, a dwelling mix that is 34% separate houses, roughly 2 schools and 2 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Highgate Hill has a usual resident population of approximately 6,229, compared with a Queensland suburb median of 5,474 — placing it in the upper half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Highgate Hill sits 2 km straight-line from the Brisbane CBD. This is inner-ring territory — pricing competes directly with established Brisbane employment nodes.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $380 in Highgate Hill, equating to approximately $19,760/year in gross rental income (state median $385/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Highgate Hill is $2,376, or approximately $28,512/year (vs $1,733/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
A median weekly rent of $380 works out to $1,647/month, covering 69% of the median mortgage repayment of $2,376/month. That leaves a $729/month shortfall (around $8,748/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
The main risks are interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,376 median mortgage, a unit-heavy dwelling mix (34% houses) where body-corporate costs and apartment supply affect resale, the broader Queensland market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.