Suburb profile

Hill River WA 6521

Hill River is located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, postcode 6521. It has 59 properties across 13 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Hill River, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Hill River

Hill River, WA 6521, sits in the Wheatbelt region and neighbours Boothendarra, Badgingarra, Jurien Bay and Nambung. Its 13 streets hold 59 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Gingin - Dandaragan area, not Hill River alone. The area had 8,929 residents, a median age of 50 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,321 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,644 a month and the median rent $295 a week. Of 3,282 dwellings, 3,066 were separate houses, 83 semi-detached and 27 flats; 82 were other types. In all, 1,453 were owned outright, 1,007 owned with a mortgage and 601 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Hill River

  • 8,929Peoplelive in the area
  • 50Median ageyears
  • $1,321Median household incomea week
  • $295Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,066
  • Townhouses and semis83
  • Flats and apartments27
  • Other82

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,644a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,453Owned with a mortgage 1,007Rented 601Other 221

Streets in Hill River

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.