Hilldale NSW 2420
115 addresses · 7 streets
Lyne Electorate › Dungog LGA › Hilldale · 157 km from Sydney
Living Here
Hilldale is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 193 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,550 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Dungog statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hilldale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Train station: Martins Creek, 6.5 km south · Railway halt: Hilldale, 550 m east · Airport: Maitland Airport, 26 km south-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 38.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 38.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 53.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.9% · Labour-force participation 65%
Population by age in Hilldale
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 32 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 20 |
| 35-44 | 18 |
| 45-54 | 31 |
| 55-64 | 37 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Hilldale
| House | 66 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Hilldale
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Hilldale
| Australian | 110 |
|---|---|
| English | 71 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Scottish | 21 |
| Aboriginal | 17 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
Housing tenure in Hilldale
| Owned | 30 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 26 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Hilldale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 21 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Hilldale
| Car | 58 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 21 |
Top countries of birth in Hilldale
| England | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
360 bird observations recorded near Hilldale — most often seen:
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (19)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (17)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (17)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (16)
- Eastern Golden Whistler (15)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (15)
- Southern Red-browed Finch (15)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (14)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (13)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (13)
- South-eastern Yellow Robin (13)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (13)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (12)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hilldale
- Eastern Australian Raven (12)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (12)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (12)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (12)
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (12)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (11)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (11)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (10)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (10)
- South-eastern Silvereye (10)
- South-eastern Striated Thornbill (9)
- Southern Brown Gerygone (9)
- Laughing Kookaburra (8)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (8)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (8)
- Australian Magpie (7)
- Australian Sacred Kingfisher (7)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Hilldale:
- Wallarobba (5.6 km)
- Martins Creek (5.9 km)
- Wallaringa (6.4 km)
- Torryburn (7.7 km)
- Vacy (7.9 km)
- Lewinsbrook (9.3 km)
- Hanleys Creek (9.7 km)
- Fishers Hill (10.3 km)
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Streets
- Dungog Road (36)
- Eybs Road (5)
- Hilldale Road (45)
- Hilldale West Road (2)
- Oakey Creek Road (3)
- Parishs Road (22)
- Torryburn Road (2)
