2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Richmond · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Richmond
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Richmond than a decade ago, with this trend helping to drive down the typical number of people in each home. It is now common for 28.4% of households to consist of just one person. While half of the local families are couples with children, one-parent families have become more frequent over time.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Richmond — lower than 71% of areas.
| Richmond | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Richmond now holds 2.4 people, which is lower than most areas and down from 2.7 in 2011. This shift is partly due to a rise in single-person households, which now make up 28.4% of the area—a figure well above the New South Wales average.
28.4% ▲ +38.3%
Higher than 70% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Richmond, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.0% of the local population, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This figure has risen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest group at 50.6%.
16.0% ▲ +36.7%
Higher than 75% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Richmond, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED138/richmond/topic/family-households