Australian Demographic Profile
Highlands, VIC 3660
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~103
Median age
52
Median income
Mid-high
$1,000-$1,249/wk
Top profile
Retired
51%
Profile composition (top three)
- Retired and semi-retired51%
- Young singles and non-workers17%
- Established partnered households11%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~103
- Sex split
- F 54% / M 46%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 16%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)18%
- Young adults (15-24)3.9%
- Early career (25-39)14%
- Mid career (40-59)28%
- Senior (60+)36%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Highlands: Mid-high ($1,000-$1,249/wk).
- No / not stated52%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)8.2%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)31%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)9.4%
- Very high ($3k+)0%
Top occupations
- Professionals28%
- Managers28%
- Community and Personal Service Workers14%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to VIC and Australia
| Highlands | VIC avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 16% | 21% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →