2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hillston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hillston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person households are much more common in Hillston than in most other areas. While the typical home holds 2.4 people, nearly 30% of the town's residents live alone, which is well above the national figure.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Hillston — lower than 57% of areas.
| Hillston | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2675, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Roughly 30% of people here live alone, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25%. Two-person homes are the most common setup at 35.9%, while the typical home size of 2.4 people is about the same as the state and national figures.
29.9% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hillston, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of all families in Hillston are couples with children, making up 52.6% of the total. One-parent families account for 14.7%, which is higher than most similar areas, though this is only about the same as the state and national rates.
14.7% ▲ +24.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hillston, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Hillston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11919/hillston/topic/family-households