Big Hill NSW 2579
86 addresses · 9 streets
Hume Electorate › Upper Lachlan Shire LGA › Big Hill · 133 km from Sydney
Living Here
Big Hill is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 78 people, with a median age of 53. 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 Australian, Ancestry NS, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Goulburn Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Big Hill itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 38.9% 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 | 38.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 53.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Big Hill
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 14 |
| 55-64 | 16 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Big Hill
| House | 15 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Big Hill
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Big Hill
| Australian | 24 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 24 |
| English | 21 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Other | 5 |
| Dutch | 4 |
Housing tenure in Big Hill
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Big Hill
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Big Hill
| Car | 14 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
473 bird observations recorded near Big Hill — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (31)
- Noisy Miner (28)
- Pied Currawong (25)
- Laughing Kookaburra (24)
- White-throated Treecreeper (23)
- Rufous Whistler (22)
- White-eared Honeyeater (21)
- Willie Wagtail (21)
- Magpie-lark (20)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (20)
- Australian Raven (19)
- Eastern Rosella (18)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (18)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Big Hill
- Noisy Friarbird (16)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (15)
- Welcome Swallow (14)
- Grey Fantail (13)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (12)
- Grey Butcherbird (12)
- Striated Pardalote (12)
- Dusky Woodswallow (11)
- Australian Wood Duck (10)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (10)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (10)
- Eastern Spinebill (9)
- Spotted Pardalote (9)
- Striated Thornbill (8)
- Superb Fairy-wren (8)
- Brown Thornbill (7)
- Common Bronzewing (7)
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 Big Hill:
- Brayton (10.1 km)
- Greenwich Park (12.7 km)
- Canyonleigh (13.6 km)
- Bannaby (14.1 km)
- Paddys River (14.6 km)
- Myrtleville (19.2 km)
- Chatsbury (19.7 km)
- Marulan (20.1 km)
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Streets
- Arthursleigh Road (8)
- Brayton Road (28)
- Garmoran Valley Road (8)
- Gibraltar Road (11)
- Jeffreys Road (8)
- Longview Road (10)
- Losebys Road (6)
- Macarthur Road (1)
- Towrang Road (6)
