<sod>The district economy has been primarily agricultural since European pastoralists first settled it in the 1840s, with grain cropping now being predominant. Mount Hill railway siding is nearby.<eod>
<sod>A railway siding located to the north-west of the hill on the [[Eyre Peninsula Railway]] has the name 'Mount Hill.'<ref name=RSTA>{{cite web|title=Search result for "Mount Hill Railway Station (RSAT)'" (Record no. SA0046922) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"  |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work=Property Location Browser|publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=7 October 2016}}</ref><eod>