Eatons Hill is a suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Eatons Hill had a population of 7,822 people. Its postcode is 4037.
Eatons Hill is situated in the Yugarabul traditional Indigenous Australian country.
The area is named after the early pioneer William Eaton, who farmed at Albany Creek from 1874 and was elected as a member of the Pine Shire Council (later renamed Pine Rivers Shire) from 1909 to 1912.
Cashs Crossing at the South Pine River was on the main route from Brisbane to Gympie. In 1891 it was proposed to build a bridge over it. Construction of the bridge had commenced by August 1892. South Pine Bridge was completed in November 1892. It survived the disastrous floods in February 1893 despite three days of great concern.
Residential development began in the early 1970s near the hill situated west of Cash's Crossing where the South Pine Road bridges the river. Eatons Hill generally consists of low-density residential housing with acreage properties in the western portions. Residential development proceeded westward during the late 1990s.
Eatons Hill State School opened on 22 January 1998.
In the 2011 census, Eatons Hill recorded a population of 7,993 people, 50.4% female and 49.6% male. The median age of the Eatons Hill population was 34 years, 3 years below the national median of 37. 78.3% of people living in Eatons Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 3.5%, South Africa 2.2%, Scotland 0.6%, India 0.5%.c 91.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.6% Afrikaans, 0.6% Italian, 0.4% Polish, 0.3% German, 0.3% Hindi.
In the 2016 census, Eatons Hill had a population of 7,973 people.
In the 2021 census, Eatons Hill had a population of 7,822 people.
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