New to Brown Hill?

Brown Hill is a suburb of Ballarat on the northern/eastern urban-rural fringe of the city. It is 5 kms east of the CBD. The suburb is roughly divided in two by the by-pass freeway with the older established area to the south and newer subdivisions to the north. There is at present approximately 2300 households in Brown Hill with a significant amount of infill housing development taking place in the suburb. The majority of Brown Hill is also designated as a Bushfire Prone Area.

To understand more about BPA's and to check if your location is within a BPA access this link

Access the Hub's "Be bushfire Ready" page for details of the bushfire risk to Brown Hill and specifically your location.

Discovering Brown Hill by foot

A series of walking maps are being developed for Brown Hill. To have a look at the initial overview, you can download the 4-page draft here - Updated Draft Brown Hill Walking Maps

City of Ballarat information

The City of Ballarat Council offers a New Residents Welcome booklet
For more Ballarat wide information access the City of Ballarat website, People and our Community page

Brown Hill specific information

To find out about

local businesses based in, or their owner lives in Brown Hill (including our local shops, places to eat) - access directory here
local community groups (including environment groups, churches, service groups and senior citizens) - access directory here
local schools - access directory here, also access Brown Hill Kindergarten here
local sporting groups - access directory here
local swimming pool - access directory here
what has been happening within the community - access past community newsletters here
Bus route 15 - Brown Hill to Ballarat Station - access information and timetable here

Census 2021 - latest stats for Brown Hill

In the 2021 Census: there were 4,489 people in Brown Hill (Vic.) (State Suburbs). Of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.
There were 1,722 dwellings: of all households, 71% were family households, 25.5% were single person households and 3.5% were group households. Of occupied private dwellings 29.4% were owned outright, 44.1% were owned with a mortgage and 24.6% were rented.
14.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 20.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.
The median age of people in Brown Hill was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.
The most common ancestries in Brown Hill (Vic.) (State Suburbs) were Australian 41.6%, English 42.3%, Irish 17.4%, Scottish 12.7% and Italian 4.4%.

Location map of places of interest & services (coming soon!)

PLACE LOCATIONS TO COME: Include: PO & local shops/servos; hall; swimming pool; sporting venues; churches; schools (Glen Park, Caledonian; Woodman's Hill Sec College, Kindergarten); Yarrowee Trail; Brown Hill Reserve & playgrounds; Ditchfield Bushland Reserve; Kirks Reservoir; Gong Gong Reservoir

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