Red Hill Demographics (ACT) Local Stats

Red Hill (2603) is a suburb of Canberra, Inner South, Australian Capital Territory. It is about 7 kms from ACT's capital city of Canberra. Red Hill is in the federal electorate of Canberra.

In the 2011 census the population of Red Hill was 3,249 and is comprised of approximately 49.1% females and 50.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Red Hill is 41 years of age.

70.8% of people living in the suburb of Red Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.3% England, 1.2% Italy, 1.2% India, 1.0% China , 1.0% United States of America, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.8% South Africa, 0.8% Korea, Republic of , 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% Sri Lanka, 0.7% Germany, 0.6% Malaysia, 0.6% Poland, 0.6% Greece.

77.6% of people living in Red Hill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.6% Other, 2.3% Italian, 2.1% Greek, 1.6% Mandarin, 1.1% French, 1.0% Cantonese, 0.7% Polish, 0.6% Vietnamese.

The religious makeup of Red Hill is 26.1% Catholic, 25.3% No religion, 20.2% Anglican, 6.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.2% Eastern Orthodox, 2.8% Uniting Church, 2.3% Buddhism, 2.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.9% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Islam.

48.5% of people are married, 33.8% have never married and 7.5% are divorced and 2.0% are separated. There are 216 widowed people living in Red Hill.

61.4% of the people living in Red Hill over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.6% are working on a part time basis. Red Hill has an unemployment rate of 4.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Red Hill are 37.7% Professionals, 21.3% Managers, 14.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.8% Community & personal service workers, 6.6% Sales workers, 5.3% Technicians & trades workers, 4.3% Labourers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 0.8% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Red Hill work in are 26.8% Public administration and safety, 12.7% Health care and social assistance, 12.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 9.2% Education and training, 8.0% Accommodation and food services, 6.7% Retail trade, 4.4% Construction, 2.8% Other services, 2.6% Information media and telecommunications.

36.6% of homes are fully owned, and 26.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 33.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $954 per week and the median household income is $2504 per week.

The median rent in Red Hill is $350 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2709 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Red Hill postcode 2603