Brown Hill Creek ^{SA 5062}

Recorded crime in Brown Hill Creek is high (80/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.

Brown Hill Creek has a moderate recorded bushfire history (49/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Brown Hill Creek, SA had a population of 71 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

The postcode for Brown Hill Creek, SA is 5062.

Brown Hill Creek is 11 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 23 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Brown Hill Creek was $147,316 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

There are too few current rental listings in Brown Hill Creek for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $275, across all dwelling types.

The median age of residents in Brown Hill Creek was 36 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Brown Hill Creek has a moderate recorded bushfire history (49/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.

Brown Hill Creek scores 10/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Brown Hill Creek (Adelaide CBD) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.0 µg/m³ and PM10 of 17.8 µg/m³. That puts Brown Hill Creek below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Brown Hill Creek, Mount Lofty (5.4 km away), summer days average 23.8°C, winter nights 5.4°C, 969 mm of rain a year over 109 rainy days, and 3 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

First-home buyers in SA may be eligible for $15,000 towards new homes. The grant is administered by RevenueSA; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

Brown Hill Creek sits within the Mitcham local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

The average residential rates bill through Mitcham is $2,296 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

Across Mitcham, 188 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 32.4% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Brown Hill Creek sits within the federal Division of Boothby, currently held by Louise Miller-Frost (Australian Labor Party).