2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
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.
More than half of the families in Richmond are couples with children. This is a key feature of the local community, where the typical home holds about 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 57% of areas.
| Richmond | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4822, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are common here, with 28.6% of people living alone. This is well above the 24.7% seen across Queensland and the 25.6% national average.
28.6% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 1 person (28%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.9% of the local total, a figure that is well below both the state average of 15.4% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.9% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Richmond, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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/SAL32425/richmond/topic/family-households