[7] In October 1885, the "Galloway's Hill Estate" was advertised to be auctioned by Arthur Martin & Co.[8] A map shows the blocks, including river front land, in Wendell Street, Waldo Street, and adjoining land in Hawthorne Road.

[17] In November 1888, the "Circular Quay Estate", made up of 40 allotments, including six riverfront blocks, within five minutes' walk to the Bulimba steam ferry, was advertised to be auctioned by John Macnamara & Co.[18] A map shows the lots in the area of land currently bordered by Leura Avenue.

A Bible school had been previously established in 1912 by Mr R. Halgh, using a hall near the Hawthorne ferry wharf.

[22] In September 1935, "Barton Lodge Estate", comprising six blocks on Barton Road and Gordon Street, were advertised to be auctioned by Cameron Bros.[23] A map advertising the auction shows three of the blocks with river frontage and all within walking distance of the Hawthorne ferry and the Balmoral tram terminus.

The other most common countries of birth were England (5.1%), New Zealand (3.9%), Scotland (0.9%), the United States (0.9%), and South Africa (0.8%).

88% of people only spoke English at home, while the next most commonly spoken languages were Spanish (0.8%), Greek (0.7%), French (0.6%), Japanese (0.4%), and Italian (0.4%).

Hawthorne is located under 2 km (1.2 mi) away from Morningside railway station, which provides Queensland Rail City network services to the Brisbane CBD and Cleveland.

Each bus route provides access to the Brisbane CBD, Fortitude Valley as well as other suburbs listed below.