Red Hill

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,062 people were counted in Red Hill: of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Of the total population 1.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Red Hill there were 618 children aged 0-14 years and 797 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Red Hill, 2,717 people were Australian citizens, 740 were born overseas and 23 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Red Hill, 48.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.7% were separated or divorced, 9.3% were widowed and 33.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Red Hill, 71.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Red Hill were England 5.6%, Italy 1.5%, Scotland 1.1%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.0% and United States of America 1.0%.

Of all people counted in Red Hill on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.5%, Anglican 25.0%, No Religion 18.7%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Red Hill, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.4%, Greek 1.0%, Cantonese 1.0%, French 0.9% and Mandarin 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 82.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,410 people aged 15 years and over in Red Hill were in the labour force. Of these 61.8% worked full-time, 31.5% worked part-time, 1.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.0% were unemployed. 952 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Red Hill, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 20.6%, Managers and Administrators 9.8%, Associate Professionals 7.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.8%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 0.9% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 0.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Red Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 10.5%, Business Services 8.9%, Education 6.1%, Health Services 4.1% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Red Hill, 740 families were counted: of these, 36.1% were couple families without children, 46.5% were couple families with children, 16.2% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Red Hill, 1,112 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Red Hill, 69.6% were separate houses, 15.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Red Hill, 43.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 18.0% were being purchased and 30.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Red Hill, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 32.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 42.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 24.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Red Hill, 66.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.4% were single (or lone) person households and 3.8% were group households.