Richmond Hill QLD 4820
1,115 addresses · 64 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Charters Towers LGA › Richmond Hill · 1073 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Richmond Hill is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,453 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,297 a week, with median rent near $230 a week. Most homes are houses. About 61% of households own their home and 36% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Charters Towers statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Richmond Hill itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 supermarkets
1 Catholic church
2 pharmacies
1 medical clinic
2 dentists
1 physiotherapist
2 optometrists
1 hospital
1 library
1 post office
5 service stations
2 gyms & sports centres
1 golf club
1 bakery
1 butcher
3 hardware stores
1 beauty salon
1 mechanic
1 plumber
Getting around. Train station: Charters Towers, 1.7 km south-east · Airport: Charters Towers Aerodrome, 2.1 km north-east.
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: 12.1% 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 | 12.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 26.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.8% · Labour-force participation 45.4%
Population by age in Richmond Hill
| 0-4 | 112 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 412 |
| 15-19 | 256 |
| 20-24 | 118 |
| 25-34 | 219 |
| 35-44 | 209 |
| 45-54 | 263 |
| 55-64 | 225 |
| 65-74 | 284 |
| 75-84 | 234 |
| 85+ | 119 |
Dwelling types in Richmond Hill
| House | 660 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 83 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 14 |
Households by weekly income in Richmond Hill
| <$650 | 153 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 228 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 196 |
| $3,000+ | 99 |
Top ancestries in Richmond Hill
| Australian | 969 |
|---|---|
| English | 867 |
| Ancestry NS | 377 |
| Aboriginal | 269 |
| Irish | 252 |
| Scottish | 220 |
Housing tenure in Richmond Hill
| Owned | 276 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 168 |
| Rented | 263 |
| Other | 22 |
Cars per household in Richmond Hill
| 0 | 37 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 317 |
| 2 | 283 |
| 3 | 68 |
| 4+ | 23 |
Commute to work in Richmond Hill
| Car | 575 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 28 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 51 |
| Bicycle | 6 |
| Home | 31 |
Top countries of birth in Richmond Hill
| England | 36 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 32 |
| India | 18 |
| Philippines | 11 |
| Japan | 9 |
| South Africa | 8 |
Languages used at home in Richmond Hill
| Malayalam | 12 |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 11 |
| Mandarin | 7 |
| Australian Indigenous | 6 |
| Tamil | 6 |
| German | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,905 bird observations recorded near Richmond Hill — most often seen:
- Black Kite (298)
- Crested Pigeon (291)
- Magpie-lark (289)
- Australian Magpie (266)
- Peaceful Dove (233)
- Pied Butcherbird (225)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (224)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (223)
- Straw-necked Ibis (211)
- Galah (201)
- Torresian Crow (195)
- Masked Lapwing (192)
- Brown Honeyeater (169)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Richmond Hill
- Australasian Figbird (168)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (144)
- Yellow-throated Miner (127)
- Willie Wagtail (121)
- Great Bowerbird (117)
- Southern Magpie-lark (117)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (111)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (108)
- Pacific Black Duck (106)
- House Sparrow (104)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (101)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (100)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (95)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (95)
- Apostlebird (93)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (91)
- Red-winged Parrot (90)
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 Richmond Hill:
- Charters Towers City (1.4 km)
- Toll (1.6 km)
- Queenton (1.9 km)
- Grand Secret (2 km)
- Alabama Hill (2.4 km)
- Columbia (2.5 km)
- Towers Hill (2.7 km)
- Millchester (3.3 km)
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Streets
- Allen Street (24)
- Baker Street (45)
- Bellevue Street (21)
- Bennelong Close (9)
- Boundary Street (1)
- Bridge Street (19)
- Burdekin Street (19)
- Cambridge Lane (1)
- Cambridge Street (6)
- Church Street (3)
- Churchill Street (11)
- Clarke Street (23)
- Columbia Street (1)
- Dalrymple Road (35)
- Davies Street (23)
- Deighton Street (10)
- Dr George Ellis Drive (6)
- Fairbank Crescent (12)
- Felix Street (2)
- Flinders Highway (3)
- Fraser Street (25)
- Gauvin Street (39)
- Gordon Street (47)
- Hackett Terrace (180)
- Hanvin Street (1)
- Harte Street (10)
- Hewett Street (32)
- Hicks Lane (1)
- Hicks Street (55)
- Hilton Court (12)
- Holliman Street (7)
- Jane Street (3)
- Kiara Close (10)
- King Street (51)
- Macdonald Street (7)
- Macpherson Street (5)
- Mahoney Street (20)
- Manners Street (7)
- Manton Street (1)
- Mcclelland Street (1)
- Mcdougall Close (5)
- Mcleod Street (1)
- Mosman Street (1)
- New Street (2)
- O'kane Street (3)
- Oxford Lane (2)
- Paradise Street (9)
- Parkinson Street (2)
- Peek Street (10)
- Plant Street (72)
- Plummer Street (18)
- Princess Close (9)
- Prior Street (39)
- Racecourse Road (68)
- Richards Lane (1)
- Saint Gabriels Close (8)
- Sellheim Street (7)
- Show Street (4)
- Stubley Street (36)
- Titley Lane (1)
- Titley Street (5)
- Valley Street (6)
- Water Street (13)
- Wherry Close (5)
