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Suburb profile ·Burdekin LGA · QLD ·4806

Home Hill QLD 4806

Home Hill is in Burdekin LGA, QLD, postcode 4806, with population 2,876.

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Livability-led

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$320/wk
+14.3% YoY
Sep 2019 → Mar 2026 · 20 periods
Queensland RTA · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$320
$210
Sep 2019Mar 2026
Why it fits

School coverage gives the page a stronger family/livability signal.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$320/wk
Rent context available
14.3%YoY D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
2,876
3K local footprint
D9 vs AU
Schools
3
Matched school context
D9 vs AU
Solar
1,250
56 added 12mo · 15MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,083
Median rent · wk$220

Affordability

26%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,083/mo, while renters pay about $1,387/mo — renting runs $304/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$63K
Median rent · wk
$320
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,083

Household income

$63K household · yr-21% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$34K
Family
$82K
Household
$63K

Schools

Total3
Avg ICSEA910
Students411
Catholic1
Government2
  • Home Hill State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 875
  • Home Hill State High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 891
  • St Colman's Catholic SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 964
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
4,622
4,622 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,622
Total incidents4,622· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,10026%
  • Break And Enter67516%
  • Drug Offences2,21752%
  • Fraud2636%

Full data detail

Home Hill QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Queensland within the Burdekin local government area, Home Hill is a smaller residential area (postcode 4806). The area has roughly 2,876 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $63K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, labourers, managers. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Italian.

The current median weekly rent is $320. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,083.

Home Hill is served by 3 schools, including 2 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 910, which is below the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Burdekin LGA is moderate at 4,622 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.5% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,083
Rent · wk(Census)$220
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$320
Population growth · Burdekin LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)17,220
5-year growth+0.3% CAGR
YoY change+0.5%
20012025
Development · Burdekin LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)19
Houses15
Units4
YoY change+0%
Employment · Burdekin LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.4%
YoY change+1.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4806ATO
Negatively geared112 (5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,629/yr
Landlords (rental income)249
Reported capital gains219
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population2,876
Median age49
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,210
Personal income · wk$657
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets1
Pharmacies2
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations2
Cafes & dining2
iga1
Hospitals · 1AIHW
Public1
Private0
Home Hill Hospitalpublic
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Home Hill carries enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
QGSO Housing Profiles · QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
Queensland RTA · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Apr 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 3 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · 1 hospitals matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.

Home Hill FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Home Hill in?

    Home Hill is in the Burdekin Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4806. Council-level context for Burdekin LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Home Hill?

    The median weekly rent in Home Hill is $320/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Home Hill?

    Rent context available: Home Hill has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Home Hill a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Home Hill show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Home Hill?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  6. How often is the Home Hill data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.