Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,547 people in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld) of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld) was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.3% of the population.

Of people in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld) aged 15 years and over, 32.6% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld) was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 33.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld) was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld) 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.7% were in primary school, 9.2% in secondary school and 44.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld) were English 27.1%, Australian 23.4%, Irish 12.6%, Scottish 9.5% and German 4.7%.

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), 74.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, New Zealand 3.4%, Scotland 0.8%, South Africa 0.7% and United States of America 0.7%.

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), 59.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld) were No Religion 34.6%, Catholic 25.6%, Anglican 13.7%, Uniting Church 3.2% and Buddhism 1.9%.

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld) 86.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.2%, Spanish 0.9%, Mandarin 0.7%, Greek 0.4% and French 0.4%.

Employment

There were 3,577 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld). Of these 63.4% were employed full time, 27.2% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld) was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld) included Professionals 41.8%, Managers 14.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.4%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Labourers 3.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.3%.

Of the employed people in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.3%, Hospitals 5.3%, Tertiary Education 4.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld) was $908.

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.2%, Bus 14.0%, Walked only 9.4%, Car, as passenger 4.5% and Bicycle 3.9%. On the day, 16.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 79.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.5% provided care for children and 7.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.6% 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 Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), 31.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), 41.7% were couple families with children, 42.8% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld) 25.2% of single parents were male and 74.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,292 and those without children was $2,668.

Employment status of couple families

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), of couple families with children, 32.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 25.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), 70.2% were separate houses, 5.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), of occupied private dwellings 10.1% had 1 bedroom, 28.7% had 2 bedrooms and 36.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), 18.8% were owned outright, 31.8% were owned with a mortgage and 47.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), of all households, 57.0% were family households, 28.7% were single person households and 14.3% were group households.

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), 15.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.7% 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 Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), 42.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 57.1%) were male and 18 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,871.