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QLD · Burdekin Council
Home Hill, 4806
Est. population · Jun 2025
2,950
Growth (1 yr)
+1.0%
Growth (5 yr)
+2.5%
Median age
49
Median income
$1,210/wk
Employment rate
49.1%
Languages at home
6%non-English
Most common: Italian, Greek, Tagalog
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Green suburb
- High desirability
- Education hub
- Café precinct
- National parks
Suburb profile
Home Hill sits in Burdekin Council as a regional mid-sized suburb that feels self-contained and a long way from big-city bustle. Retirees and empty-nesters are well represented here, with multiple generations sharing the same neighbourhood. Local eateries and coffee spots give the area a friendly, everyday social rhythm.
Parks and open space are a real strength relative to many regional towns, easy for walks, sport and weekend downtime. Reasonably walkable — many errands reachable on foot or by bus, with buses and trains linking the suburb to surrounding areas. Purchase and rent costs sit on the more affordable side of the local range.
Reported crime has been falling recently. This is a mature, settled pocket where the existing streetscape still defines the local character.
Desirability rates good overall, led by stronger schools and education, plus community and employment compared with similar regional towns.
At a glance
Home Hill snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$320/wk
Population (ERP)
2,950
+1.0% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
12.3%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#17
among Country & regional · Mature
Safety
35th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
43rd
percentile in QLD
Advantage (IRSAD)
2/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
9th
percentile among schools with ICSEA
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
- Desirability score
- 59.0/100 — Good
- State standing
- Top 17% of Queensland's suburbs
- National rank
- 1136th in Australia
- State rank
- 254th in QLD
- Peer rank
- #17 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #55 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 71%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (Mar 2026)
- $320
Median weekly rent from Queensland RTA rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- RTA bond statistics — Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland) · Mar 2026 · Updated · Quarterly releases
Population
Estimated resident population
2,950(June 2025)
+1.0% annual · +2.5% over 5 years · 43th percentile in QLD
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +1.0%
- 5-year growth
- +2.5%
- Change in 1 year
- +29
- Change in 5 years
- +73
- Growth rank in QLD
- 43th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~2,900), extrapolated at -0.3% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 2,876
- Median age
- 49
- Median household income / week
- $1,210
- Dwelling vacancy
- 12.3%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 155 of 1,265
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,083
- Employment rate
- 49.1%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 1,022 / 50 / 0 (+ 14 other)
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (Jan 2026 to Aug 2026)
- 105
- Against the person
- 21
- Against property
- 32
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 35.6
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 137 residents
- State safety percentile
- 35.1th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -15.3%
Most common offence types
- Unlawful Entry15
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)12
- Drug Offences35
- Good Order Offences16
- Traffic And Related Offences33
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Aug 2026; Jan 2026 to Aug 2026 · Updated · Calendar-year aggregates
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 3
- Median school ICSEA (3 schools)
- 891
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 9th
School list
- St Colman's Catholic SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 964 · 30th percentile · LBOTE 3% · 118 students · Top SEA quarter 9% · 0.3 km awayView on My School →
- Home Hill State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 875 · 7th percentile · LBOTE 17% · 128 students · Top SEA quarter 2% · 0.9 km awayView on My School →
- Home Hill State High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 891 · 9th percentile · LBOTE 10% · 165 students · Top SEA quarter 4% · 1.2 km awayView on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Amenities
183 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
2 restaurants · 3 cafes · 2 pubs · 1 supermarkets · 2 pharmacies · 1 bakeries · 1 libraries · 2 places of worship
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Reasonably walkable — many errands reachable on foot or by bus
- Great for outdoor family life — 8 parks mapped in suburb, 1 playgrounds nearby
- Strong local sport and recreation — 8 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 58/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 1.04
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 2.78
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 2.78
Food & drink(8)
- Home Hill BakeryBakery
- Cutters CafeCafe
- Home Hill News & CoffeeCafe
- Pie FaceCafe
- Crown HotelPub
- Malpass HotelPub
- Giovanna's CucinaRestaurant
143 Eighth Avenue, Home Hill
- Marzay's CornerRestaurant
Shopping(4)
- QuickshopConvenience store
- Cornetts IGASupermarket
Community(5)
- Burdekin Memorial HallCommunity centre
- Home Hill Branch LibraryLibrary
- Home Hill State High SchoolSchool
80-92 First Street, Home Hill
- Home Hill State SchoolSchool
113 Fourteenth Avenue, Home Hill
- Saint Colmans SchoolSchool
96 Eleventh Avenue
Health & services(3)
- Home Hill HospitalHospital
Eleventh Avenue
- Complete Health PharmacyPharmacy
- Home Hill PharmacyPharmacy
Sport & outdoors(15)
- Gym
- E.W. Ford ParkPark
- Fourth Street ParkPark
- Green SpacePark
- Home Hill Recreation GroundPark
- Lloyd Mann GardenPark
- Memorial ParkPark
- RSL ParkPark
- Playground
- Home Hill Bowls ClubSports centre
- Home Hill RacecourseSports centre
- Sports field
- Swimming pool (3)
Entertainment(1)
- The Hub - Home Hill Choiral SocietyTheatre
Transport(2)
1 bus stops · 1 train stations
Other(48)
- BottlemartAlcohol
- Liquor LegendsAlcohol
- atmxATM
- Bendigo BankATM
- Bendigo BankBank
- Queensland Country BankBank
76 Eighth Avenue
- Bench (13)
- Michelle’s Caravan ParkCamp Site
- A&K MechanicalCar repair
- McKaigsCar repair
- Home Hill Car WashCar wash
- Caravan Site
- Clock
- Home Hill TAFECollege
- Compressed Air
- Craft
- Drinking water
- 170 Arts on the AvenueGallery
170 Eighth Avenue, Home Hill
- Harvest HomesteadsGuest House
- Studio B Hair CreationsHairdresser
- Liessmann and SonsHardware;Gas
- Hotel
- Trueworth InteriorsInterior Decoration
- Laundry
- Burdekin Motor InnMotel
- The Prawn ShopOutdoor Seating
- Parking
- Parking Space (73)
- LibertyPetrol station
- UnitedPetrol station
- Picnic Table (3)
- Hellenic Memorial Parish HallPlace of worship
- Place of worship
- Home Hill Police StationPolice
- Home Hill LPOPost office
58 Eighth Avenue, Home Hill
- E.W. Ford ParkPublic toilets
- Public toilets
- The Prawn ShopSeafood
35 Eighth Avenue, Home Hill
- Annzacc Trading - Army DisposalsSecond Hand
- Bluey's Thrift ShopSecond Hand
- Shelter
- Shower
- TelstraTelephone
- Home Hill Engineering WorksTrade
- Trolley Bay (3)
- Vending machine
- Waste Basket (12)
- Home Hill SurgeryYes
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Parks & reserves
8 parks and public open space in this suburb
- E.W. Ford ParkPark
- Fourth Street ParkPark
- Green SpacePark
- Home Hill Recreation GroundPark
- Lions ParkPark
- Lloyd Mann GardenPark
- Memorial ParkPark
- RSL ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 12
- Parks (OSM)
- 8
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Places of worship
2 places of worship within ~1.5 km
- Hellenic Memorial Parish Hall
- Place of worship
From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 4
- Nearest hospital
- Home Hill Hospital (0.3 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- On site
- Complete Health PharmacyPharmacy
- Home Hill HospitalEleventh AvenueHospital
- Home Hill PharmacyPharmacy
- Home Hill SurgeryYes
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 64
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 21.7
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Data sources & freshness
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
Weather
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 32° / 23°
- Rainfall
- 581 mm · ~73 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 29° / 20°
- Rainfall
- 268 mm · ~34 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 25° / 14°
- Rainfall
- 59 mm · ~7 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 30° / 19°
- Rainfall
- 110 mm · ~14 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Heritage
1 heritage place
- Home Hill PowerhouseState heritage place
Data sources & freshness
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Dawson
- Member of Parliament
- Andrew WILLCOX (Liberal National Party of Queensland)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 117,202
- Turnout (2025)
- 88.2%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- -1.4 pp toward Coalition
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 61.8%Labor 38.2%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 74.9 km away).
Coalition 74.6%Labor 25.4%
12.8 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: -7.2 pp toward Coalition
Nearest polling places
- Home HillLabor 25.4% · Coalition 74.6% TPP (2025)0.2 km away
- AyrLabor 30.6% · Coalition 69.4% TPP (2025)8.7 km away
- Ayr EastLabor 37.9% · Coalition 62.1% TPP (2025)10.8 km away
- GiruLabor 24.5% · Coalition 75.5% TPP (2025)36.2 km away
- NomeLabor 34.0% · Coalition 66.0% TPP (2025)56.8 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 2/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 2/10
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
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