Home Hill QLD 4806
Home Hill is a town in Queensland, 1,253 km from Brisbane CBD, around 14 hours 10 minutes by car. Population is 2,876; the median age is 49 and the median household income is $62,920 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The town fell 2.6% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $220 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,083. Home Hill is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 3 schools within the town boundary, 2 rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Home Hill a good town?
Home Hill scores a B (55/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools and transit, weaker on safety and community.
Above the state average
3 schools · 2 above peer schools · Top 4% in QLD
Very walkable
Walkability 85/100 · 1252.8 km · 849 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $312K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 74/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 49 · 2,876 residents
Liveability Rating
55 / 100 · Ranked #424 in QLDEach bar is Home Hill's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
Flood data for Queensland covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.
How do you rate the liveability in Home Hill?
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Our score
55 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataHome Hill's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $312,000, roughly 31% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$312,500
Based on 97 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 67 days — median across 29 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 15 sales $275K
- 3 bed 60 sales $322K
- 4 bed 14 sales $432K
Land
$130,000
Based on 11 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Home Hill are currently listed at around $420,000 on average. Based on 29 houses listed in the past six months.
$420K
29 houses listed in the last 6 months.
29 of the suburb's 1,110 dwellings (2.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Is Home Hill safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Home Hill sits in the high band, with 80 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 38% on the prior year.
80 offences
37.9% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202416 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Three schools serve Home Hill, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Home Hill State School and St Colman's Catholic School lead the pack.
- • 411 students across 3 schools (avg 137)
- • Sectors: 2 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 875-964, median 891 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Home Hill State High School (165 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Home Hill is very walkable on foot — at 85/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the town there are 1 supermarket, 8 parks and 5 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Home Hill.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 38%
- Premises covered
- 1,545
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Burdekin: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 9 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Home Hill is home to about 2,900 residents, with a median age of 49, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $63,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,876
Median Age
49
Median Household Income
$62,920/yr
Census Median Rent
$220/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,083/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$34,164/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
14.0%
Total Dwellings
1,110
Owner-Occupier Rate
75.4%
Houses
92.1%
Rental Stress
18.2%
Mortgage Stress
20.7%
Work From Home
5.9%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
17 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 0 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 262 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 84.2%
- English Spoken at Home
- 86.8%
- Employment Rate
- 49.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 25.5%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
28 residents (1.0%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
1.6% of residents (45) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (34).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 2,746 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
Local Jobs
People who work in this town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 1,031 people work here; 1,184 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.9 per resident). At least 6% of employed residents must work outside the town.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,502 a year through Burdekin based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Burdekin
In the year to August 2026, 22 new dwellings were approved across Burdekin. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are down 9.1% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this town: 335 to 1,415 homes
- No timeframe set 335 to 1,415 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (25 parcels), by when it expects lots to be registered. Yields are published in ranges, so these are too.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Aboriginal party for this area is Juru People (Part A).
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. Native title over this area has been determined.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6.6 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 17.3 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1.
From the Ayr (North Queensland) monitoring station, 8.6 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Ayr Dpi Research Stn, 6.3 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 16 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 11.5 km
- Annual rainfall
- 1,037 mm
- 55 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 32.0°C
- 6 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 13.3°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the town centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 2.4 kmSugar ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen
EV adoption
In postcode 4806, 0 of 3,518 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.2% (42 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4806, 1,267 rooftop-solar systems totalling 15.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,692 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 61 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$30,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
$30,000 for contracts signed on or after 20 November 2023, with no end date. IT DID NOT REVERT TO $15,000: the tier was due to end 30 June 2026 and the 2026-27 Queensland Budget (23 June 2026) continued it for contracts signed from 1 July 2026. This file carried a "due to revert" note until 2026-09-18 — it was never true, and a note predicting a change is not the same as a change. Cap is "less than $750,000" including land and contract variations — less than, not up to. New homes only: "There are no home owner grants for established homes."
Mortgage repayments
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Queensland Revenue Office
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $30,000 — see what qualifies with Queensland Revenue Office.
At $312,500 this is under the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $30,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Andrew Willcox Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Andrew Willcox | 38.2% | 61.8% | -1.4 |
| 2022 | Andrew Willcox | 39.6% | 60.4% | -4.2 |
| 2019 | George Christensen | 35.4% | 64.6% | +11.2 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Dale Last Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dale Last LNP | 65.8% |
| 2020 | Dale Last LNP | 57.0% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
Looking at a specific address in Home Hill?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Home Hill
Is Home Hill a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Home Hill is high (74/100, ranked against other QLD 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.
What natural hazards affect Home Hill?
Home Hill has no recorded bushfire history. These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Home Hill a good place to live?
Home Hill has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (55/100), ranked against other QLD suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Home Hill?
Home Hill, QLD had a population of 2,876 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Home Hill, QLD?
The postcode for Home Hill, QLD is 4806.
How far is Home Hill from Brisbane?
Home Hill is 1,253 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 849 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Home Hill?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Home Hill was $62,920 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Home Hill?
There are too few current rental listings in Home Hill for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $220, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Home Hill?
The median age of residents in Home Hill was 49 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Home Hill?
There are 3 schools inside the Home Hill boundary: 2 above and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Home Hill walkable?
Home Hill scores 85/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Home Hill?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Home Hill (Ayr (North Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.6 µg/m³ and PM10 of 17.3 µg/m³. That puts Home Hill below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Home Hill?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Home Hill, Ayr Dpi Research Stn (6.3 km away), summer days average 32°C, winter nights 13.3°C, 1,037 mm of rain a year over 55 rainy days, and 6 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Home Hill?
First-home buyers in QLD may be eligible for $30,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by Queensland Revenue Office; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Home Hill belong to?
Home Hill sits within the Burdekin local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Home Hill?
The average residential rates bill through Burdekin is $1,502 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Home Hill?
Across Burdekin, 22 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 9.1% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Home Hill in?
Home Hill sits within the federal Division of Dawson, currently held by Andrew Willcox (Liberal National Party of Queensland).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2025–26
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2020–2024
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2024
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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