1.9 —
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Richmond - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has seen Richmond - North become an area where almost 42% of households are just one person. This is one of the highest rates for single-person homes in the region, making the area much smaller in scale than the state and national averages.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Richmond - North — lower than 96% of areas.
Average household size.
With 41.7% of people living alone, the typical home in Richmond - North is very small. Only 1.9 people live per home on average, which is well below the figure for Victoria and Australia.
1.9 —
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
41.7% —
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Richmond - North, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (13%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.6% of the area, a figure that is well above the Victorian average. Couples without children are the most common family type at 42.4%.
16.6% —
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Richmond - North splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (38%), with One-parent families at 17%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Richmond - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206071518/richmond-north/topic/family-households