Suburb by suburb snapshot Quarry Hill

Quarry Hill is approximately 2.4 square kilometres and has two parks covering nearly 5.1 per cent of total area.

The population in 2016 was 2343 and by the 2021 Census it was was recorded at 2365 people, showing a slight growth of 0.93 per cent in the area during that time.

Quarry Hill is a residential suburb about one kilometre south of the Bendigo railway station. The name came from a building stone quarry in the vicinity, the hole was later filled, and its precise location is not known.

The area was first known as Charcoal Gully, where an Anglican school was opened in 1857. In 1873 it was replaced with a state school known as Sandhurst East, a name which lasted until 1908 when it was named Quarry Hill.

The locality is generally hilly and hardly disfigured by mine or quarry workings, in fact, the hills serve as a visual backdrop to several fine Victorian and Edwardian houses, the most notable of which is The Eyrie built in 1874 at 18 Reginald Street.

A short distance to the south is the Bendigo Cemetery, both The Eyrie and the cemetery are on the Victorian Heritage Register, including the cemetery’s chapel and funerary oven.

Another house is Edelweiss in Hamlet Street that was built in 1890 for Sir John Quick, a constitutional lawyer and Bendigo parliamentarian.

In retirement Quick served on the committees of the Bendigo Art Gallery, and mechanics’ institute, wrote pioneering bibliographical studies and was instrumental in founding the Quarry Hill Golf Club.

In this case the golf course site was disfigured by mine tailings and rubble.

The original Queens Arms Hotel was established in 1869 and after a recent renovation, still retains the character of yesteryear and remains a very welcoming local pub.

CoreLogic data indicates that the predominant age group in Quarry Hill is 20-29 years with households being primarily couples with children and are likely to be repaying on average $1417 per month on mortgages

In general, people in Quarry Hill work in a professional occupation.