2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Richmond · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Richmond
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families in Richmond, accounting for 55% of all family units. This area has a strong family focus, with far fewer people living alone compared to most other similar regions. Overall, the typical home is slightly more crowded than the national figure.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Richmond — higher than 79% of areas.
| Richmond | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Richmond typically hold 2.6 people, a figure that has climbed since 2011 and is much higher than in most areas. While 34.6% of households have two people, those living alone have fallen to 25.1%.
25.1% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Richmond, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 11.2% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011, while couples without children account for 33.1% of families.
11.2% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Richmond, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Richmond
Cite this page
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/lga/LGA36300/richmond/topic/family-households