2.7 ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hillsborough · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hillsborough
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Hillsborough than in most similar areas. This is a family-heavy suburb where the typical home holds 2.7 people, and only 18.4% of households are people living alone.
2.7
▼ -10.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Hillsborough — higher than 71% of areas.
| Hillsborough | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2290, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With the typical home holding 2.7 people, household size is higher than in most areas. This is reflected in the fact that people living alone are well below the national figure of 25.6%.
18.4% ▲ +20.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hillsborough, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.9% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.7%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
11.7% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hillsborough, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Hillsborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11916/hillsborough/topic/family-households