Redhill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 379 people in Redhill of these 55.9% were male and 44.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Redhill was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.9% of the population.

Of people in Redhill aged 15 years and over, 54.6% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Redhill was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Redhill, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Redhill was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Redhill 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.9% were in primary school, 21.3% in secondary school and 6.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Redhill were Australian 38.8%, English 26.6%, German 12.5%, Irish 8.5% and Scottish 5.4%.

In Redhill, 87.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.7%, Netherlands 1.1%, Scotland 1.1% and New Zealand 0.8%.

In Redhill, 81.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Redhill were Uniting Church 26.1%, No Religion 18.2%, Catholic 16.9%, Lutheran 12.7% and Anglican 10.0%.

In Redhill 92.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.3% and Pitjantjatjara 0.8%.

Employment

There were 162 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Redhill. Of these 64.2% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Redhill, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Redhill was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Redhill included Managers 49.7%, Labourers 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%, Professionals 4.6% and Sales Workers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Redhill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 42.8%, Residential Care Services 4.6%, Hospitals 3.9%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.3% and Local Government Administration 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Redhill was $458.

In Redhill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.4%, Bus 5.3%, Walked only 5.3%, Other 2.6% and Car, as passenger 2.0%. On the day, 4.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 51.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Redhill, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.0% provided care for children and 16.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Redhill, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 25.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Redhill, 41.7% were couple families with children, 49.5% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Redhill 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Redhill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,799 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Redhill, of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 15.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Redhill, 80.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Redhill, 95.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Redhill, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 20.3% had 2 bedrooms and 49.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Redhill, 52.8% were owned outright, 31.2% were owned with a mortgage and 13.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Redhill, of all households, 72.0% were family households, 28.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Redhill, 33.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Redhill, 28.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Redhill, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 37 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Redhill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Redhill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.