Suburb profile
Hillsborough NSW 2290
Hillsborough is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2290. It has 266 properties across 13 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Hillsborough, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Hillsborough
Hillsborough, NSW 2290, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Cardiff, Charlestown, Mount Hutton and Warners Bay. Its 13 streets hold 266 properties, 264 of them houses and 2 units.
Census figures are for Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough, which covers the whole suburb. At the 2021 Census the area had 24,588 residents, a median age of 38 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income was $1,818 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,885 a month and the median rent $380 a week. Of 9,196 dwellings, 8,235 were separate houses, 668 semi-detached, 272 flats and 14 other; 3,055 were owned outright, 3,814 owned with a mortgage and 2,131 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Hillsborough
- 24,588Peoplelive in the area
- 38Median ageyears
- $1,818Median household incomea week
- $380Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses8,235
- Townhouses and semis668
- Flats and apartments272
- Other14
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,885a month
- Household size2.6people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Hillsborough
No primary schools in Hillsborough.
No secondary schools in Hillsborough.
Newcastle Junior School
GovernmentSpecial
Streets in Hillsborough
- Avon Close7 properties
- Barker Avenue2 properties
- Chadwick Street17 properties
- Higham Road39 properties
- Hillsborough Road26 properties
- King Street44 properties
- Leroy Close22 properties
- Moody Street17 properties
- Parker Street11 properties
- Percy Street29 properties
- Robina Drive38 properties
- Royton Street7 properties
- Sydney Street7 properties
Neighbouring suburbs
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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.