2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Richmond · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Richmond
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Richmond than in the rest of the state, with 40.7% of households being single-person homes. This makes the area stand out from typical Australian neighborhoods, where homes are generally larger and more likely to be shared.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Richmond — lower than 81% of areas.
| Richmond | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2753, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Richmond holds just 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This small household size is driven by the high number of people living alone, a figure far above the New South Wales average.
40.7% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Richmond, the largest group is 1 person at 41%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.8% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While couples with children are the largest group at 47%, these single-parent homes are much more common here than in most other similar areas.
21.8% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Richmond, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (22%).
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/sal/SAL13375/richmond/topic/family-households