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Suburb profile ·Mornington Peninsula LGA · VIC ·3937

Red Hill South VIC 3937

Red Hill South is in Mornington Peninsula LGA, VIC, postcode 3937, with population 708.

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Thin-context

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Why it fits

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What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$500/wk
Market rent signal
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
708
708 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
418
19 added 12mo · 4MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$2,300
Median rent · wk$500

Affordability

22%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,300/mo, while renters pay about $2,167/mo — owning runs $133/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$118K
Median rent · wk
$500
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,300

Household income

$118K household · yr+42.8% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$55K
Family
$152K
Household
$118K

Growth outlook · Mornington Peninsula LGA

Dwellings
+11.7%
93,600 → 104,550
+10,950 dwellings
Population
+10.1%
170,390 → 187,540
Households
+14.5%
71,000 → 81,300

LGA-level official projection (Victoria in Future 2023, DTP). Indicative of the wider council area, not a suburb-level forecast.

Crime Year ending Dec 2025
12,194
7,089 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k7,089
Total incidents12,194· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault98938%
  • Sexual Offences31112%
  • Robbery512%
  • Break And Enter1,22848%

Full data detail

Red Hill South VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Victoria within the Mornington Peninsula local government area, Red Hill South is a small community (postcode 3937). It is home to about 708 residents, with a more retirement-aged population and a median age of 56. Households earn a median income of $118K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.8% year-on-year at the LGA level. VIC employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 45 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 27 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $500 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,300.

The crime rate in the Mornington Peninsula LGA is moderate at 7,089 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.8% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.8%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$2,300
Rent · wk(Census)$500
Population growth · Mornington Peninsula LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)172,217
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change+0.8%
20012025
Development · Mornington Peninsula LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)544
Houses369
Units176
YoY change+0%
Employment · Mornington Peninsula LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.4%
YoY change-0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3937ATO
Negatively geared72 (6.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$11,820/yr
Landlords (rental income)196
Reported capital gains213
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population708
Median age56
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$2,261
Personal income · wk$1,059
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)10/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies1
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining4
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Red Hill South leans on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Manual release files still matter here.

DataVic-discovered annual suburb price workbooks parsed into suburb prices. Quarterly VIC resources are discovered and cached, but not yet used as current-price anchors.

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
VIC Property Sales Report · DataVic-discovered annual suburb price workbooks parsed into suburb prices. Quarterly VIC resources are discovered and cached, but not yet used as current-price anchors.
medium stability · manual file · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
VIC Crime Statistics Agency · Year ending Dec 2025 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Red Hill South is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Read it as a starting locality brief, then cross-check the suburb story against better-covered nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Red Hill South feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Shoreham better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$79/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Portsea better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop +100 · adds house price coverage · rent +$77/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Fingal better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop -100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$82/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Red Hill South FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Red Hill South in?

    Red Hill South is in the Mornington Peninsula Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3937. Council-level context for Mornington Peninsula LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Red Hill South?

    The median weekly rent in Red Hill South is $500/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Red Hill South a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Red Hill South show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Red Hill South?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  5. How often is the Red Hill South data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.