The quick read on
NSW 2290 · Lake Macquarie
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW), New South Wales
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW) NSW
Based on 9 sales in the preceding 12 months
$985,000
Up 11.9% over 12 months
Based on 3 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$725 per week
Up 7.4% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW), NSW is currently $985,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW) has a 12-month growth rate of 11.9% for houses.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,060,000 in Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW).
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW) is $725 per week. The median house rent has increased 7.4% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW) is 2,795 offences per 100,000 residents — 15% below the Rest of NSW benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW).
Overall crime rate
2,795
offences per 100,000 residents
15% belowRest of NSW
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW) NSW 2290 is in New South Wales, within Rest of NSW.
641 people call Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW) home, with an average of 2.7 people per household and a median household income of $1,970 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
20.2% of workers in Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW) worked from home on Census day — noticeably more common than across Rest of NSW.
2.5% of Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW) residents were born in New Zealand, about twice the rate across Rest of NSW.
43.7% of people in Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW) described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW) NSW 2290.
17.5% of Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.
188 family households lived in Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW); 44.1% were couple families and 16.5% were one-parent families.
38.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW) had 641 residents at the 2021 Census.
23.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
29.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 98.3% of occupied private dwellings in Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW).
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
38.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.
47.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.
14.2% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW) had 2.7 people.
One-person households made up 18.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.
Two-person households represented 34.3%, while 31.0% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
20.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.
58.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.
0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
2.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.
One-car households formed 25.1% of the total.
70.7% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
70.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.8% reported a different address.
7.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
96.4% of residents used only English at home.
2.5% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
7.6% of Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.4% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.4%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 45.7% of ancestry responses in Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW).
Australian ancestry made up 46.6% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
14.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.
Managers accounted for 12.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.2%.
Health care and social assistance employed 23.0% of workers, and education and training employed 10.6%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 65.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.
37.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.
Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
57.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.
10.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
11.9% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
19.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.5% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.8%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $1,970 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 20.2% in Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW), compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.
Outright ownership was 38.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.
Renting accounted for 14.2% in Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW), against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $985,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 188 local families, and 17.5% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
3-bedroom houses have a median around $1,060,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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