Home Hill QLD 4806
1,942 addresses · 63 streets
Dawson Electorate › Burdekin LGA › Home Hill · 1039 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Home Hill is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,876 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,210 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Burdekin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Home Hill itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
5 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
2 pharmacies
2 hospitals
1 library
1 post office
2 gyms & sports centres
1 golf club
1 bakery
1 hairdresser
2 mechanics
3 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Home Hill, 550 m south · Airport: Ayr Airport, 11.8 km north-west.
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: 4.1% 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 | 4.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 53.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.7% · Labour-force participation 51.5%
Population by age in Home Hill
| 0-4 | 130 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 323 |
| 15-19 | 187 |
| 20-24 | 120 |
| 25-34 | 264 |
| 35-44 | 267 |
| 45-54 | 359 |
| 55-64 | 418 |
| 65-74 | 424 |
| 75-84 | 254 |
| 85+ | 130 |
Dwelling types in Home Hill
| House | 1,022 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 50 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 14 |
Households by weekly income in Home Hill
| <$650 | 240 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 346 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 305 |
| $3,000+ | 112 |
Top ancestries in Home Hill
| Australian | 1,120 |
|---|---|
| English | 1,051 |
| Italian | 450 |
| Scottish | 302 |
| Irish | 278 |
| Ancestry NS | 245 |
Housing tenure in Home Hill
| Owned | 509 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 292 |
| Rented | 262 |
| Other | 24 |
Cars per household in Home Hill
| 0 | 37 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 398 |
| 2 | 418 |
| 3 | 149 |
| 4+ | 79 |
Commute to work in Home Hill
| Car | 901 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 6 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 41 |
| Bicycle | 5 |
| Home | 60 |
Top countries of birth in Home Hill
| England | 50 |
|---|---|
| Italy | 49 |
| Philippines | 30 |
| New Zealand | 21 |
| Fiji | 7 |
| Germany | 7 |
Languages used at home in Home Hill
| Italian | 61 |
|---|---|
| Greek | 21 |
| Tagalog | 17 |
| Thai | 9 |
| German | 8 |
| Filipino | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,361 bird observations recorded near Home Hill — most often seen:
- Rock Dove (106)
- Black Kite (80)
- Magpie-lark (74)
- Masked Lapwing (71)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (69)
- Australian White Ibis (66)
- House Sparrow (61)
- Australasian Figbird (60)
- Willie Wagtail (58)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (56)
- Australian Magpie (52)
- Crested Pigeon (50)
- Peaceful Dove (47)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Home Hill
- Bush Stone-curlew (44)
- Whistling Kite (40)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (36)
- Straw-necked Ibis (36)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (34)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (33)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (32)
- Brown Honeyeater (31)
- Southern Magpie-lark (31)
- Pied Butcherbird (30)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (28)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (27)
- Great Egret (23)
- Black-necked Stork (22)
- Little Friarbird (22)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (22)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (20)
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 Home Hill:
- Carstairs (4.1 km)
- Mcdesme (5.6 km)
- Osborne (7.3 km)
- Fredericksfield (7.5 km)
- Airville (8.2 km)
- Jarvisfield (8.9 km)
- Inkerman (9.3 km)
- Mount Kelly (10 km)
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Streets
- Bell Avenue (5)
- Bojack Road (4)
- Bowen Road (4)
- Bruce Highway (2)
- Burdekin Road (29)
- Darveniza Road (7)
- Eighteenth Avenue (5)
- Eighteenth Street (3)
- Eighth Avenue (174)
- Eighth Street (52)
- Eleventh Avenue (117)
- Eleventh Street (20)
- Fava Road (6)
- Fifteenth A Street (15)
- Fifteenth Avenue (23)
- Fifteenth Street (52)
- Fifth Avenue (38)
- Fifth Street (19)
- First Avenue (11)
- First Street (39)
- Ford Road (3)
- Fourteenth A Street (21)
- Fourteenth Avenue (117)
- Fourteenth Street (38)
- Fourth A Street (9)
- Fourth Avenue (21)
- Fourth Street (45)
- Georgees Road (6)
- Groper Creek Road (11)
- Home Hill Kirknie Road (25)
- Hurney Road (19)
- Kidd Street (5)
- Kirknie Road (52)
- Marshall Road (4)
- Mcdowell Road (3)
- Milburn Road (5)
- Mill Lane (4)
- Ninth Avenue (97)
- Ninth Street (22)
- Railway Avenue (1)
- Second Avenue (21)
- Second Street (18)
- Seventeenth Avenue (7)
- Seventeenth Street (53)
- Seventh Avenue (77)
- Seventh Street (26)
- Sixteenth Avenue (9)
- Sixteenth Street (24)
- Sixth Avenue (18)
- Sixth Street (53)
- Tenth Avenue (108)
- Tenth Street (60)
- Third A Street (6)
- Third Avenue (53)
- Third Street (11)
- Thirteenth Avenue (106)
- Thirteenth Street (8)
- Turnbull Road (2)
- Twelfth A Avenue (18)
- Twelfth Avenue (79)
- Twelfth Street (41)
- Watt Street (3)
- Woods Road (8)
