Richmond Hill
QLD 4820 · Charters Towers
2,453 (2021) → 2,464 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Richmond Hill is a suburb in Charters Towers, QLD 4820, about 1073km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Richmond Hill are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has 4 schools, a transport score of 0/100, and is about 105km inland. Richmond Hill has an overall score of 27/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 76/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (1.47%), New Zealand (1.3%), India (0.73%), Philippines (0.45%), Japan (0.37%)
Top languages: Malayalam (0.49%), Japan (0.45%), Mandarin (0.29%), Australian Indigenous Languages (0.24%), Tamil (0.24%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Property
Suburb-level sale prices aren't published for QLD. Median weekly rents:
Source: RTA Queensland · Updated Q1 2026
Residential Safety
Small population (under 3,000) — crime rates may be volatile due to low sample size.
QLDdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the Charters Towers local-government-area average applied to this suburb, so other suburbs in the same LGA share the same figures.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year), with rate per 100,000 residents:
Residential incidents over time
Sum of the five residential categories above — not all recorded crime.
Area crime context
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: Queensland Police Service (LGA-level) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 914 (below the national average of 1000).
In suburb
- Columba Catholic CollegeSecondary · CatholicICSEA 948
- All Souls St Gabriels SchoolCombined · IndependentICSEA 946
- Blackheath and Thornburgh CollegeCombined · IndependentICSEA 921
- Richmond Hill State SchoolPrimary · GovernmentICSEA 886
Nearby (within 10km)
- Columba Catholic College - St Mary's CampusPrimary · Catholic · 1.2km
- Charters Towers Central State SchoolPrimary · Government · 1.8kmICSEA 881
- Charters Towers State High SchoolSecondary · Government · 1.8kmICSEA 881
- Charters Towers School of Distance EducationCombined · Government · 2.8kmICSEA 952
- Millchester State SchoolPrimary · Government · 3kmICSEA 897
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
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Frequently asked questions about Richmond Hill
Is Richmond Hill safe?
Richmond Hill has a residential safety score of 76/100, based on residential crime (break-ins, theft from dwellings, vehicle theft, domestic assault and robbery) per resident relative to the NSW median. Its total recorded incident rate is 9,332 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Richmond Hill from Brisbane CBD?
Richmond Hill is about 1072.5 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Richmond Hill?
Richmond Hill has 4 schools, with an average ICSEA of 925 (the national average is 1000). Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Richmond Hill?
Richmond Hill has a transport score of 0/100.