Castle Hill

Castle Hill is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Castle Hill is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Castle Hill had a population of 941 people. The suburb is based on and around the mountain of the same name.The Indigenous name for Castle Hill is Cootharinga, sometimes written as Cooderinga.

Castle Hill is situated in the traditional Wulgurukaba Aboriginal country. The origin of the suburb name is taken from the geographical feature Castle Hill, thought to be named by an early pastoralist Andrew Ball. The Aboriginal name Cudtheringa was approved by Lieutenant George Poynter Heath, on advice from castaway James Morrill during a survey of Cleveland Bay in 1864.In the 2011 census, Castle Hill had a population of 1,009 people.In the 2016 census, Castle Hill had a population of 941 people.