2,792 ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2,506
- 2016: 2,674
- 2021: 2,792
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Hill Top · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Nearly half of the 2,792 people in Hill Top are married, marking this as the most common relationship status in the area. It is a noticeably young place where the typical resident is just 35, which is younger than the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Hill Top — higher than 83% of areas.
| Hill Top | 2,792 |
|---|---|
| 2575, NSW | 17,846 |
| New South Wales | 8,072,163 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
With 2,792 residents, Hill Top is larger than about 84% of similar areas. The typical resident's age of 35 is noticeably younger than the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2,792 ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
35 yrs ▲ +6.1%
Younger than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up 23.2% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 18.2%. This helps explain why the area is so young, especially as the proportion of seniors is well below the state average at 13%.
13.0% ▲ +33.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
23.2% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Hill Top splits fairly evenly between Young adults (25–44) (28%) and Older adults (45–64) (25%), with Children (0–14) at 23%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 4.9% of the community, which is a little above the national average. Those in de facto relationships account for 14.7% of residents, a figure well above the New South Wales average.
4.9% ▲ +86.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
14.7% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Hill Top, the largest group is Married at 47%, followed by Never married (36%) and Divorced (9%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Hill Top [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11912/hill-top/topic/demographics-identity