2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hillside · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hillside
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Hillside, where nearly 64% of families include children. This makes the area feel more family-oriented than the state average, with far fewer people living on their own.
2.7
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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 Hillside — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most similar areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 18.3% of residents live alone, a figure well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
18.3% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hillside, 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 63.8% of families in the area. One-parent families are less common here at 7.0%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
7.0% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hillside, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Hillside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21192/hillside/topic/family-households