Everton Hills is a suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Everton Hills had a population of 6,673 people.
Everton Hills is situated in the Yugarabul traditional Indigenous Australian country.
Everton Hills takes its name from its neighbouring suburb Everton Park which in turn was named after the residence of pioneer settler Ambrose McDowall, who named his residence after Everton, a suburb in Liverpool, England.
In the 1890s, the town of Bunyaville (27°23′25″S 152°58′38″E / 27.3903°S 152.9772°E) was located north of South Pine Road in the present-day suburbs of Everton Hills and Everton Park. Until 1891, it was known as Kedron after Kedron Brook which flows through the area.
Bunyaville Baptist Church opened on Saturday 2 July 1932. It was on Timms Road (now in Everton Hills) on land donated by Arthur Timms with some financial assistance from the Newmarket Baptist Church. It was built "in a day" on Saturday 4 June 1932. Later, it became known as the Everton Hills Baptist Church. Subsequently, the former baptist church building was relocated to the Hills Church at 79 Queens Road (27°23′12″S 152°58′55″E / 27.3866°S 152.9820°E).
Prince of Peace Lutheran College opened on 3 January 1984. The Prince of Peace Lutheran Church opened adjacent to the school in 1986, having been previously located in Maundrell Terrace, Chermside West.
Until 2008, Everton Hills was in the Pine Rivers Shire, when amalgamated into the Moreton Bay Region, now known as the City of Moreton Bay.
In the 2011 census, Everton Hills recorded a population of 5,812 people, 50.7% female and 49.3% male. The median age of the Everton Hills population was 35 years, 2 years below the national median of 37. 81.5% of people living in Everton Hills were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 2.9%, Scotland 0.8%, Philippines 0.8%, South Africa 0.8%. 91.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.6% German, 0.4% Japanese, 0.4% Italian, 0.3% Afrikaans, 0.3% Vietnamese.
In the 2016 census, Everton Hills had a population of 5,938 people.
In the 2021 census, Everton Hills had a population of 6,673 people.
History info courtesy of Wikipedia
