Hill River WA 6521
59 addresses · 13 streets
Durack Electorate › Dandaragan LGA › Hill River · 193 km from Perth
Living Here
Hill River is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 107 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,968 a week, with median rent near $110 a week. Most homes are houses. About 66% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gingin - Dandaragan statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hill River 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: 7.9% 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 | 7.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 22.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.5% · Labour-force participation 76.5%
Population by age in Hill River
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 9 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 17 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Hill River
| House | 36 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Hill River
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Hill River
| Australian | 67 |
|---|---|
| English | 42 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Housing tenure in Hill River
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Hill River
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Hill River
| Car | 24 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 14 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 25 |
Top countries of birth in Hill River
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
18 bird observations recorded near Hill River — most often seen:
- Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (2)
- Butler's Corella (2)
- Western Corella (2)
- Australian Sacred Kingfisher (1)
- Australian Shelduck (1)
- Australian Wood Duck (1)
- Black-tailed Native-hen (1)
- Pacific Black Duck (1)
- Short-billed Black-cockatoo (1)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (1)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (1)
- Western Brown-headed Honeyeater (1)
- Western Spinebill (1)
Show all 15 birds recorded near Hill River
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 Hill River:
- Nambung (22.6 km)
- Badgingarra (25.1 km)
- Jurien Bay (25.3 km)
- Warradarge (27 km)
- Boothendarra (30.7 km)
- Cervantes (33.8 km)
- Green Head (40.1 km)
- Cooljarloo (44.7 km)
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Streets
- Banovich Road (2)
- Black Arrow Road (7)
- Brand Highway (7)
- Cadda Road (2)
- Cantabilling Road (15)
- Cockleshell Gully Road (1)
- Cowalla Peak Road (1)
- Eragilga Road (1)
- Jurien Road (7)
- Munbinea Road (3)
- Nylagarda Road (5)
- Springhill Road (2)
- Yerramullah Road (6)
