Soldiers Hill
QLD 4825 · Mount Isa
1,796 (2021) → 1,735 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Soldiers Hill is a suburb in Mount Isa, QLD 4825, about 1565km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Soldiers Hill are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has 1 school, a transport score of 0/100, and is about 336km inland. Soldiers Hill has an overall score of 18/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 10/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: New Zealand (3.62%), Philippines (1.28%), South Africa (1.17%), PNG (1.06%), England (1%)
Top languages: Australian Indigenous Languages (0.61%), Afrikaans (0.56%), Croatian (0.39%), Filipino (0.39%), Turkish (0.39%)
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 Mount Isa 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 880 (below the national average of 1000).
In suburb
- Barkly Highway State SchoolPrimary · GovernmentICSEA 938
Nearby (within 10km)
- Good Shepherd Catholic CollegeSecondary · Catholic · 1.9kmICSEA 973
- Mount Isa Central State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2kmICSEA 815
- St Kieran's Catholic SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 2.1kmICSEA 891
- Sunset State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.2kmICSEA 755
- Mount Isa Flexible Learning CentreSecondary · Catholic · 2.3kmICSEA 746
- Mount Isa School of the AirCombined · Government · 2.7kmICSEA 1013
- Spinifex State College - Mount Isa - Senior CampusSecondary · Government · 2.8km
- Mount Isa Special SchoolCombined · Government · 3.2kmICSEA 859
- Spinifex State College - Mount Isa Education and Training PrecinctSecondary · Government · 3.3kmICSEA 876
- Spinifex State College - Mount Isa - Junior CampusSecondary · Government · 3.3km
- Townview State SchoolPrimary · Government · 3.7kmICSEA 747
- Healy State SchoolPrimary · Government · 4.2kmICSEA 877
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 Soldiers Hill
Is Soldiers Hill safe?
Soldiers Hill has a residential safety score of 10/100, 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 25,501 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Soldiers Hill from Brisbane CBD?
Soldiers Hill is about 1564.8 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Soldiers Hill?
Soldiers Hill has 1 school, with an average ICSEA of 938 (the national average is 1000). Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Soldiers Hill?
Soldiers Hill has a transport score of 0/100.