2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
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.
Nearly 39% of people in Richmond live alone, making it an area of small households. This high number of single-person homes means Richmond has a much smaller typical household size than the rest of the state and country.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 38.7% of people living alone, the number of residents per home is just 2.0. This is well below the Victorian and national figure of 2.5.
38.7% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Richmond splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 43.2%, followed closely by couples with children at 41.3%. One-parent families make up 12.4% of the total, which is higher than most areas.
12.4% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Richmond splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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/SAL22170/richmond/topic/family-households