The Hills District, QLD 4053 — Suburb Profile
Population growth, migration, income, rent and the Census 2021 profile for this Statistical Area 2, drawn from ABS regional population and Census releases.
Suburb profile
Census 2021 characteristics. Every figure carries its definition, so a reader knows what is being counted.
Where the growth came from
The Hills District gained 2,126 residents from internal migration and 297 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 2,355 people moved away — a net addition of 68 before natural increase.
Components of change, 2024–25 sample period. Natural increase is shown separately from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
Estimated resident population
The Hills District against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
The Hills District population grew from 24,226 in 2016 to 26,166 in 2025, a change of 8.0% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | The Hills District | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 24,226 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 24,348 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 24,515 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 24,644 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 24,760 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 24,772 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 25,001 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 25,419 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 25,916 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 26,166 | 5,669,764 |
Then and now
Census 2016 against Census 2021. Historical figures are mapped onto current boundaries, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
Facilities & amenities
What OpenStreetMap records inside the SA2 boundary. Counts reflect features tagged in OSM and can undercount a real, less-mapped area; public pools exclude private backyard pools where tagged.
Within the The Hills District SA2, OpenStreetMap records 5 schools, 9 childcare and kindergarten centres, 6 GP or clinic locations, 7 supermarkets and 68 parks. For families: 1 library and 44 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 10 cafés and 7 restaurants. Staying active: 5 gyms, 1 public pool and 52 sports fields. Also 3 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Ferny Grove, is about 2,300 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 101 bus stops here.
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- Patricks Road State School
- Pine Community School
- Ferny Hills State School
- Prince Of Peace Lutheran College (Senior Campus)
- Bunyaville Environmental Education Centre
- C&K Arlington Drive Childcare Centre
- Birralee Child Care Center
- Only About Children Ferny Hills
- Kids Club Child Care Arana Hills Centre
- C&K Arana Hills Kindergarten
- The Hills Childcare
- Busy Bees
- Imagine Childcare and Kindergarten Everton Hills
- Arana Hills Library
- Classical PilateStudios
- CrossFit
- Grapple Factory
- Yoga Soul
- Snap Fitness
- Ferny Fair Shopping Plaza
- Kmart
- Arana Hills Plaza
- Fernlands Radius Medical Centre
- Ferny Fair Medical Centre
- Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology
- QLD Medical Doctors
- Arana Hills Medical Centre
- Advance Foot Clinic Podiatry
- Fernlands Grocers
- Friendly Grocer
- Friendly Grocer Ferny Way
- Aldi
- Coles
- Foodworks
- IGA
- Wongam Reserve
- Mike McGuill Park
- Bimbi Reserve
- Julie Jenkins Park
- Barber Place
- Lemm Park
- Bandicoot Gully
- Tarnee Park
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via the Overpass API.
Socio-economic indexes
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks areas by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth nationally, decile 10 the highest.