3.1 —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 3.1
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 home in Hillsborough than in most other similar areas, with the typical home holding 3.1 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Most households here are families, with a high proportion of couples raising children.
3.1
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- 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 88% of areas.
| Hillsborough | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2320, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.1 people per home, Hillsborough has some of the highest household sizes at this level. This is a little above both the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the Australian average of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Hillsborough, the largest group is 4 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (30%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 72.5%. One-parent families account for 15.0%, which is higher than most areas, though this is about the same as the 14.1% seen across Australia.
15.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hillsborough, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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/SAL11917/hillsborough/topic/family-households