The suburb is named after Henry Bournes Higgins (1851-1929). He won a seat of Geelong in 1894 and attended as Member of Federal Convention 1897-1898. Attorney-General in 1904, Justice of the High Court from 1906-29 and was famous for his ruling which established the principle of a basic wage.
The suburb name "Higgins" was gazetted on 6 June 1968
Streets in Higgins are named after Judges, from Richard Ashburner (1904-1963), Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration to James Francis Brazel (1906-1961), Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia.
Distance to City GPO: 0.1 km
Closest Major Shopping Centre:
KIPPAX FAIR - 1.3 km
Closest Hospital:
CALVARY PRIVATE HOSPITAL - 5.9 km
Primary School:
SOUTHERN CROSS EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL, SCULLIN - 0.7 km
High School:
KINGSFORD SMITH SCHOOL - 0.8 km
College:
HAWKER COLLEGE - 1.4 km
University:
UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, BRUCE - 5.3 km
| Average age: | 36 years |
| Houses: | 87.9% |
| Townhouses: | 8.7% |
| Flats & units: | 3.0% |
| Other: | 0.3% |
| Population: | 3,026 |