3.0 ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
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.
Fewer than 10% of people live alone in Richmond (Mackay - Qld), making it an area where very few residents live by themselves. This is far below the national figure of 25.6%, as the community is dominated by larger households and family units.
3.0
▼ -11.8%
- 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 — higher than 86% of areas.
| Richmond | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4740, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. Most households consist of two people (36.9%) or four people (29.2%).
9.9% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Richmond, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is centered on couples with children, who make up 74% of all families. One-parent families are very rare at 3.1%, which is far below the Queensland rate of 15.4%.
3.1% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Richmond, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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/SAL32424/richmond/topic/family-households