2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hillcrest · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hillcrest
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 4.2% of families in Hillcrest are one-parent households, a figure well below the national average. This small community is mostly made up of couples, with very few people living alone compared to other areas in Victoria.
2.3
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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 Hillcrest — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Hillcrest holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 2.5. Only 17.6% of residents live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
17.6% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hillcrest, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 3 people (26%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families here are couples with children, while 47.2% are couples without children. The share of one-parent families is much lower than most areas, sitting at 4.2% compared to the national figure of 14.1%.
4.2% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Hillcrest splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (49%) and Couples without children (47%), with One-parent families at 4%.
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 Hillcrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21190/hillcrest/topic/family-households