Brown Hill, Victoria

Brown Hill
BallaratVictoria
Humffray Street North village, Brown Hill. The milk bar is to the building to the right
Brown Hill is located in City of Ballarat
Brown Hill
Brown Hill
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Coordinates37°32′58″S 143°54′45″E / 37.5495°S 143.9125°E / -37.5495; 143.9125
Population4,489 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3350
Location5 km (3 mi) from Ballarat Central
LGA(s)City of Ballarat
State electorate(s)Eureka
Federal division(s)Ballarat
Suburbs around Brown Hill:
Black Hill Nerrina Glen Park
Ballarat East Brown Hill Gong Gong
Ballarat East Ballarat East Ballarat East, Warrenheip

Brown Hill is a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on the eastern rural-urban fringe of the city, 5 kilometres east of the Central Business District. The population at the 2021 census was 4,489.[1]

The suburb's name is a corruption of Brownbill's Hill, which was named after prospector William Brownbill, who early during the Ballarat gold rush claimed and settled the area.

The suburb is located on a valley to the south and east of the Brown Hill range and Gong Gong and straddles both sides of the Western Freeway.

Today, Brown Hill is almost an entirely residential area with large areas of open and recreational space and several schools.

Brown Hill incorporates the unbounded neighbourhood of Woodmans Hill (originally a separate area) is located within Brown Hill adjacent to Warrenheip in the east.

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Brown Hill (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 November 2022. Edit this at Wikidata