Hillsborough NSW 2320
23 addresses · 2 streets
Lyne Electorate › Maitland LGA › Hillsborough · 139 km from Sydney
Living Here
Hillsborough is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 50 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $2,333 a week, with median rent near $550 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
Getting around. Train station: Lochinvar, 9 km south · Airport: Maitland Airport, 6.6 km south.
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: 18.5% 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 | 18.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 24.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 52.2%
Population by age in Hillsborough
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Hillsborough
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Hillsborough
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Hillsborough
| English | 22 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 21 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| Other | 4 |
Housing tenure in Hillsborough
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Hillsborough
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Hillsborough
| Car | 14 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,126 bird observations recorded near Hillsborough — most often seen:
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (167)
- Pacific Black Duck (160)
- Australian Wood Duck (148)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (143)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (141)
- Southern Magpie-lark (125)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (125)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (117)
- Eastern Galah (116)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (116)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (112)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (111)
- Eastern Australian Raven (105)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hillsborough
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (103)
- Australasian Grebe (102)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (102)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (99)
- Grey Teal (99)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (94)
- White-faced Heron (88)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (87)
- Eastern Grey-crowned Babbler (86)
- Cattle Egret (81)
- Eastern Bar-shouldered Dove (80)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (72)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (71)
- Straw-necked Ibis (70)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (69)
- Eastern Striated Pardalote (69)
- Common Myna (68)
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 Hillsborough:
- Gosforth (1.9 km)
- Rosebrook (3 km)
- Windermere (4.4 km)
- Luskintyre (5.2 km)
- Melville (5.7 km)
- Dalwood (5.9 km)
- Windella (6.1 km)
- Anambah (6.5 km)
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Streets
- Hillsborough Road (17)
- Maitland Vale Road (6)