Russell Island

Russell Island is an island and suburb in Redland City. It's home to 2,836 people as of the 2016 census.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Russell Island recorded a population of 2,836 people, 48.6% female and 51.4% male. The median age of the Russell Island population was 55 years, 17 years above the national median. 70.5% of people living in Russell Island were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand (6.6%), England (6.1%), the Philippines (1.2%), Germany (1.0%) and the Netherlands (0.7%).

Russell Island is a predominantly family suburb with 55.3% of households being family households. Of these family households, 42.3% have children. The other households are single-person households (38.4%) and group households (6.3%).