2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 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.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Richmond (Tas.) than in the rest of the state. While most households follow typical patterns for Tasmania and Australia, the area is mostly made up of couples with or without children.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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.
Households
Average household size.
The usual home in Richmond holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Tasmanian and national figures. About 26.2% of residents live alone, a figure slightly below the state average.
26.2% ▲ +34.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Richmond, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.8% of families here. Only 9.3% are one-parent families, which is well below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
9.3% ▲ +34.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Richmond, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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/SAL60551/richmond/topic/family-households