3.2 —
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hillside · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are far more common in Hillside than in most similar areas. With a typical home holding 3.2 people, this is well above the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a community where few people live alone and large family groups are the norm.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Hillside — higher than 94% of areas.
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, at just 12.4%, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This helps explain why Hillside has some of the highest household sizes around, with 26.8% of homes containing four people.
3.2 —
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
12.4% —
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Hillside splits fairly evenly between 4 people (27%) and 2 people (24%), with 3 people at 20%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are couples with children, making up 72% of all families. One-parent families account for 12.4% of the total, which is about the same as the state average.
12.4% —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Hillside, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 15%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Hillside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213041575/hillside/topic/family-households