SA · Port Pirie Council

Redhill, 5521

Population

147

Growth (1 yr)

0.0%

Growth (5 yr)

0.0%

Median age

49

Median income

$916/wk

Employment rate

47.5%

University qualified

9%

Work from home

21.7%

Languages at home

Mostly English at home

2021 Census · usual residence

  • Agricultural
  • Heritage area
  • Port & industry
What Redhill is known for: Agricultural, Heritage area, Port & industry

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Suburb profile

Redhill is an industrial and port town in South Australia, in Port Pirie Council, characterised by heritage listings. It is close to the Broughton River. It has an industrial and port economy.

Working from home is more common than in comparable places, well above typical levels for industrial and port towns, and heritage listings are more concentrated than in comparable places. Space is a strength, but car dependence is high. Trade-offs centre on thinner local amenities and household incomes, with local amenities 100% below the peer median.

Overall, the suburb suits people prioritising heritage character over local amenities.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Industrial or port town · compared with industrial and port towns in South Australia (45)

Strengths

  • Working from home is more common than in comparable places
  • Heritage listings are more concentrated than in comparable places

Weaknesses

  • Local amenity access is relatively limited
  • Household incomes sit below the peer median

What stands out

  • Industrial and port economy
  • Heritage listings
  • Broughton River
  • Space is a strength, but car dependence is high

Who it suits

  • StudentsInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Redhill compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$400/wk

Population (Census)

147

0.0% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

21.7%

Census unoccupied dwellings

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Crime rate

90th

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Pop. growth

36th

percentile in SA

Rented dwellings

17%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

4/10

national SEIFA decile

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Housing

Houses (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)
$400

Median weekly rent from SA Housing Authority rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.

Median house sale prices cover metropolitan Adelaide and selected fringe councils (19 LGAs, including Adelaide Hills and Gawler), not all of regional South Australia.

Contributes to desirability score · Housing (10%) · Future Growth (6%)

Household crowding and healthy vacancy — not cheapness Modest price change as a healthy-growth band

Data sources & freshness

  • SA rent report & metro median house sales — Government of South Australia · 1 January - 31 March 2026 · Updated · Quarterly; metro-fringe sales only

Population

Population growth

0.0% annual · 0.0% over 5 years · 36th percentile in SA

Growth rates are from ABS Estimated Resident Population at SA2 level. Headcount uses 2021 Census when allocated ERP is too low relative to Census to display reliably.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
147
Median age
49
Median household income / week
$916
Dwelling vacancy
21.7%
Unoccupied private dwellings
18 of 83
Median monthly mortgage
$602
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$175
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
64.2% / 18.9% / 17%
Employment rate
47.5%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
21.7% / 0% / 63.3%
Walked or cycled to work
0%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
60 / 6 / 0

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

9% of adults have a university degree, compared with 22.6% across South Australia. 15.6% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified9% · 22.6% SA
  • Diploma qualified8.2% · 8.6% SA
  • Trade / vocational15.6% · 17.5% SA
  • Year 12 or below67.2% · 51.2% SA

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Agriculture and environment24.1%
  • Engineering and related technologies22.2%
  • Health14.8%
  • Management and commerce14.8%
  • Food, hospitality and personal services9.3%
  • Education7.4%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$65,930

95th percentile in SA · +12% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$52,532

30th percentile in SA · -19% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
13.0%

64th percentile in SA · -6% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$61,795

26th percentile in SA · -2% vs Australia

Residents with business income
11.0%

59th percentile in SA · +6% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 5521 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
70
Taxpayers reporting net rent
9
Median net rent
-$1,098
Taxpayers reporting business income
8
Taxable income vs state median
+21%
Salary / wages vs state median
-9%
Rental investment vs state median
+8%
Super vs state median
-21%
Business income vs state median
0%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in SA, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Seasonal & agricultural work

21.7% of employed residents work in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 9.4× the Australian share (2.3%) — compared with 3.8% across South Australia.

Agriculture, forestry & fishing
21.7%

67th percentile in SA · +844% vs Australia

Resident workers (2021)
13
WHM specified work
Subclass 417 / 462

Postcode 5521

Occupation mix in this industry

2021 Census G56, residents employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Counts below 10 are not shown.

  • Managers12

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile tables G54 (industry of employment) and G56 (industry by occupation), Statistical Area Level (suburb), place of usual residence. Figures are residents’ main job in the week before Census night — not jobs located in the suburb. Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the 1-digit ANZSIC division; grape growing and other 3- and 4-digit industries are not in this datapack. The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Plant and animal cultivation in postcode 5521 (Regional Australia) may count as specified work for Working Holiday Maker visas (subclasses 417 and 462). This is a postcode rule from the Home Affairs instruments — not evidence that seasonal jobs exist here, and not a count of WHM residents. Home Affairs specified work · LIN 22/012 · LIN 22/013. Compilation used: 5 April 2025.

Region employment estimates (SA4, not this suburb)

Jobs and Skills Australia NERO modelled estimates for Barossa - Yorke - Mid North (SA4 405), 2026-08. These figures describe the broader region, not this suburb, and occupations are not added together.

  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 12142,701
  • Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 12131,420
  • Crop Farmers ANZSCO 12121,021
  • Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8415393
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8416368
  • Agricultural, Forestry and Horticultural Plant Operators ANZSCO 7211305
  • Crop Farm Workers ANZSCO 8412140
  • Other Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers ANZSCO 841957
  • Aquaculture Workers ANZSCO 841110
  • Forestry and Logging Workers ANZSCO 841310

Barossa - Yorke - Mid North is a Statistical Area Level 4. Fruit, nut and vegetable workers are not published separately in NERO (they sit under ANZSCO 8412). Jobs and Skills Australia warns not to sum occupations or geographies. NERO data. Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, Jobs and Skills Australia, Commonwealth of Australia. CC BY 4.0.

Census employed residents counted in G54: 60 · AFF share +471% vs the state.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — industry of employment (G54/G56), place of usual residence — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated · Resident main job in the week before Census night, not jobs located in the suburb

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • WHM specified work areas (LIN 22/012 and LIN 22/013) — Department of Home Affairs · 2025-04-05 · Updated · Postcode eligibility for plant and animal cultivation; not a count of WHM residents
  • Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), SA4 × ANZSCO 4-digit — Jobs and Skills Australia · 2026-08 · Updated · Monthly modelled SA4 estimates; not suburb-level. CC BY 4.0

Community & culture

5.2% born overseas

Language at home
142 English only · 0 other
Non-English at home
0%
Born overseas
7 (5.2%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
3 (2%)
Australian citizens
137

Religion

47.6%Most common religion · Christianity

Christianity is the most common response at 47.6%, while 46.3% reported no religion.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion46.3%45.2%
Christianity47.6%40%
Other / not stated6.1%14.7%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic19.7%15.5%
Uniting Church12.9%4.8%
Anglican8.2%7.2%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Reported offences increased compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2025–26)
9
Against the person
1
Against property
8
Rate per 1,000 residents
130.4
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 147 residents
State crime-rate percentile
89.7th (higher = more crime)
Increase (daily rate)
+50%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
18
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
260.87

Most common offence types

  • Damage Or Destroy Property3
  • Motor Vehicle Theft And Related Offences2
  • Obtain Benefit By Deception1
  • Serious Assault1
  • Theft From Retail Premises2

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

Family & Lifestyle

Public transport

1 public transport stops in this suburb

  • Bowman St / Ellis St - West side (Ellis St Park- Redhill)

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Sporting clubs

3 named sporting clubs in this suburb

  • Brinkworth Spalding Redhill Football Club

    Australian Rules Football

  • Brinkworth Spalding Redhill Netball Club

    Netball

  • Redhill Tennis Club

    Tennis

Named sporting clubs from OpenStreetMap and the SA Sports Vouchers venue list, assigned to this suburb's boundary. Sporting facilities such as ovals, courts and recreation centres are listed under Amenities.

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
0%
Woodland / forest cover
0%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
0
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
30°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Nearest hospital
Crystal Brook and District Hospital (19.3 km)
Nearest hospital type
Public Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
2
Participants per 1,000 residents
29.0

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
30° / 15°
Rainfall
50 mm · ~6 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
24° / 11°
Rainfall
82 mm · ~10 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
17° / 6°
Rainfall
139 mm · ~17 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
23° / 9°
Rainfall
106 mm · ~13 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Planning & development

Development applications from PlanSA register and EPA licensed activities.

2026· 6 proposals
  • August 2026

  • Agricultural building
    779 KLAUS RD REDHILL SA 5521Under Assessment
  • Construction of new building (changerooms) to replace existing structure
    18 ELLIS ST W REDHILL SA 5521Under Assessment
  • Retrospective Approval - Heritage conservation and repair works to the Eureka Hotel and associated building to the rear
    1 BOWMAN ST REDHILL SA 5521Under Assessment
  • It is proposed that the three existing land parcels in this application are to be realigned in order that six of the proposed wind turbines are situated within one of the proposed allotments.
    553 TORRS GAP RD REDHILL SA 5521Under Assessment
  • March 2026

  • Agriculture Building
    49 MAIN RD REDHILL SA 5521Decision Made
  • January 2026

  • Outbuilding (Garage)
    10 -12 BARR ST REDHILL SA 5521Decision Made
2025· 2 proposals
  • December 2025

  • addition to residential dwelling
    779 KLAUS RD REDHILL SA 5521Decision Made
  • September 2025

  • Verandah
    10 -12 BARR ST REDHILL SA 5521Decision Made
2024· 1 proposal
  • June 2024

  • Single story dwelling
    10-12 BARR ST REDHILL SA 5521Decision Made
2023· 1 proposal
  • May 2023

  • Agricultural building
    1955 BARKULLA RD REDHILL SA 5521Decision Made
2022· 1 proposal
  • December 2022

  • New grain storage building
    134 HAYES RD REDHILL SA 5521Decision Made
2021· 1 proposal
  • June 2021

  • Partial change in use of existing community facility to community post office.
    6 MOORHOUSE ST REDHILL SA 5521Decision Made
Other· 1 proposal
  • THE REDHILL GAS & FOOD STOP PTY LTD
    Hydrocarbon and ChemicalEPA licence

Data sources & freshness

Heritage

16 heritage places

  • SilosGovernment Road REDHILLLocal heritage
  • Antique Shop and ResidenceBowman Street REDHILLLocal heritage
  • Broughton River BridgeBroughton Park River Terrace REDHILLLocal heritage
  • Currency CottageBowman Street REDHILLLocal heritage
  • Eureka Hotel and StablesBowman Street REDHILLLocal heritage
  • Former Anglican ChurchBarr Street REDHILLLocal heritage
  • Former Police CellsEllis Street REDHILLLocal heritage
  • Former Primary School (Redhill Manor)South Terrace REDHILLLocal heritage
  • Former Wadell's StoreBowman Street REDHILLLocal heritage
  • Monument, Mortimer ParkBowman Street REDHILLLocal heritage

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Heritage listings as established streetscape

Data sources & freshness

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
Overlay applies
Flood / inundation overlay
100% of suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid against all current SA Planning risk layers (high, medium, general, urban interface, regional, outback). Flood cover is the share of the suburb boundary overlapping current SA Planning flood overlays (flooding and evidence required). Safer places from CFS designated locations.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Grey
Member of Parliament
Tom VENNING (Liberal)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
128,707
Turnout (2025)
89.4%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+5.4 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 54.6%Labor 45.4%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 37.9 km away).

Coalition 74.5%Labor 25.5%

19.9 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -1.5 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • RedhillLabor 24.9% · Coalition 75.1% TPP (2025)2.2 km away
  • Crystal BrookLabor 36.4% · Coalition 63.6% TPP (2025)20.2 km away
  • BrinkworthLabor 35.6% · Coalition 64.4% TPP (2025)25.6 km away
  • Port BroughtonLabor 34.4% · Coalition 65.6% TPP (2025)26.0 km away
  • GeorgetownLabor 39.1% · Coalition 60.9% TPP (2025)26.4 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
4/10
IRSD decile (2021)
4/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

More in Port Pirie Council

Other suburbs in the same local government area.

Comparable suburbs

Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of South Australia.