3,360 of Hillarys's 3,941 homes are lived in by the people who own them: 85 in every 100, against 69 across Western Australia. Doorstep is the neighbourhood app made for them.Download freeQuestions
| Hillarys | 85% | 3,360 | |
| Western Australia | 69% | 666,956 | |
| Australia | 66% | 6,114,780 |
ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, tenure of occupied private dwellings, Hillarys (SAL). These are all homes in the suburb, not Doorstep members.
3,076 of Hillarys's owner-occupied homes are separate houses, with the gardens, fences, gutters and driveways that come with them. That's the stuff neighbours lend each other tools for, and swap tradie names about.
Median age 44. Hillarys is a mix: young families, people mid-renovation and long-time owners, often on the same street.
Owners still paying it off are often the newer faces in Hillarys: the households asking who does good gutters, where the kids play weekend sport, and whether anyone has a ladder long enough for the second storey.
Give away what you don't need, borrow what you need once, and ask the street a question. Posts come from people who live around Hillarys.
A national gallery of kitchens, gardens and makeovers people are proud of. Show off yours, or steal ideas for the next one.
Ask who your neighbours would call, and find local businesses rated only by people who live nearby. Businesses in Hillarys →
A free listing for trades, cafés and shops that serve Hillarys, shown to the members who live nearby.
Doorstep Dating is a separate side of the app for meeting other homeowners. It's off until you switch it on.
3,360 of Hillarys's 3,941 occupied homes were owner-occupied at the 2021 Census (85%): 1,766 owned outright and 1,594 with a mortgage. Across Western Australia the figure is 69%.
Yes. Doorstep works in every Australian suburb: you join by typing your home suburb, and Hillarys is one of them. Some streets are quieter than others while the area fills up.
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