Hillsborough is in Lake Macquarie LGA, NSW, postcode 2290, with population 641.
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This suburb 36% · NSW median 21%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 2% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,950/mo, while renters pay about $3,033/mo — renting runs $1,083/mo higher on these medians.
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Located in New South Wales within the Lake Macquarie local government area, Hillsborough is a small community (postcode 2290). It is home to about 641 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $102K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $700. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,950.
Hillsborough is served by 1 school, including 1 special. The average ICSEA score is 940, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Lake Macquarie LGA is below average at 3,402 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.1% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Hillsborough is in the Lake Macquarie Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2290. Council-level context for Lake Macquarie LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Hillsborough is $700/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Hillsborough has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Hillsborough show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.