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The Hills District

Queensland · The Hills District · Moreton Bay - South

This profile uses the ABS The Hills District statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.

The Hills District is a locality in the The Hills District area of Queensland. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the The Hills District SA2.

Where in QLD
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At a glance
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Schools
3
Top ICSEA 1105 (gov)
Childcare
18
NQS-rated services
To CBD by train
31 min
AM peak
Population
26,166
+1.0% in 1 year
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Family essentials

Schools, childcare & safety

Live data for the The Hills District SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings.

Government schools Soon QLD zoning

Government schools in The Hills District

Free government schools your child may attend. Exact school zones aren’t mapped for QLD yet, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.

Patricks Road State School Government · 771 students
ICSEA 1105
Ferny Hills State School Government · 440 students
ICSEA 1057

A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) — not a ranking or a quality score.

Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Pine Community School
Independent 103 students
ICSEA 1080 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).

Schools in The Hills District

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ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All QLD schools →

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Childcare & early learning

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  • Helping Hands Ferny Grove
    Centre-Based Care · 210 places · Ferny Grove
    Exceeding NQS
  • Habitat Early Learning Ferny Grove
    Centre-Based Care · 181 places · Ferny Grove
    Exceeding NQS
  • C&K Birralee Childcare Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 65 places · Ferny Hills
    Exceeding NQS
  • Willmore Kindergarten and Pre School
    Centre-Based Care · 25 places · Ferny Hills
    Exceeding NQS
  • Patricks Road State School OSHC
    Centre-Based Care · 250 places · Ferny Hills
    Meeting NQS
  • St Williams Outside School Hours and Vacation Care Program
    Centre-Based Care · 225 places · Keperra
    Meeting NQS
  • St Andrew's Outside School Hours Care
    Centre-Based Care · 165 places · Ferny Grove
    Meeting NQS
  • C&K Arlington Drive Childcare Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 150 places · Arana Hills
    Meeting NQS
  • Milestones Early Learning Keperra
    Centre-Based Care · 136 places · Keperra
    Meeting NQS
  • Jabiru Ferny Hills
    Centre-Based Care · 130 places · Ferny Hills
    Meeting NQS
  • C&K Upper Kedron Childcare Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 125 places · Upper Kedron
    Meeting NQS
  • Only About Children Ferny Hills
    Centre-Based Care · 90 places · Ferny Hills
    Meeting NQS

+ 6 more services in this area's postcodes.

NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.

Source: ACECQA NQS register
The neighbourhood

Amenities

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GPs / clinics
6
Supermarkets
6
Parks
78
Train stations
1

Counts of OSM-tagged features within the The Hills District SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

Commute

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To CBD by train, AM peak
31 min
Nearest station
Ferny Grove station (2.5 km)

Median scheduled weekday AM-peak train travel time from the nearest station to the CBD terminus. Distance to that station is straight-line, not a walk time.

Source: State GTFS feeds
Population & growth
Population
26,166
Jun 2025
1yr growth
+1.00%
2024→25
Net change
+250
people / yr
Density
827
people / km²

Where did the gain come from?

+250
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
+182
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
-106
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+174

Reading the streams: organic growth — more babies than goodbyes — was the biggest driver.

Growth vs benchmarks
The Hills District
+1.00%
QLD median
+1.10%
National median
+0.80%

Other SA2s in The Hills District

The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth

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  1. 01
    Cashmere
    +1.7%
    21,462 ppl
  2. 02
    Dayboro
    +1.6%
    10,103 ppl
  3. 03
    Samford Valley
    +1.2%
    13,239 ppl
  4. 04
    Albany Creek
    +0.5%
    17,369 ppl
  5. 05
    Eatons Hill
    -0.4%
    7,984 ppl