Richmond (Northern Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 60,193 people in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 28.9% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 29.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.5% were in primary school, 9.5% in secondary school and 37.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) were English 21.7%, Australian 18.0%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 7.5% and Chinese 4.7%.

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), 61.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 4.3%, England 3.6%, New Zealand 3.1%, Greece 1.9% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8%.

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), 43.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) were No Religion 38.8%, Catholic 19.3%, Anglican 7.5%, Buddhism 6.0% and Eastern Orthodox 4.9%.

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) 67.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 5.4%, Greek 3.7%, Cantonese 1.8%, Mandarin 1.6% and Italian 1.6%.

Employment

There were 36,502 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan). Of these 66.7% were employed full time, 23.6% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) included Professionals 42.2%, Managers 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.3%, Sales Workers 7.2%, Labourers 3.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.5%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.2% and Tertiary Education 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) was $874.

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 34.1%, Tram 13.0%, Walked only 12.3%, Train 8.0% and Bicycle 7.8%. On the day, 26.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.7% provided care for children and 8.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.3% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), 30.2% were couple families with children, 50.3% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,050 and those without children was $2,830.

Employment status of couple families

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 34.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), 90.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), 22.2% were separate houses, 37.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 39.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 15.6% had 1 bedroom, 45.2% had 2 bedrooms and 29.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), 19.5% were owned outright, 24.4% were owned with a mortgage and 53.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), of all households, 53.5% were family households, 32.0% were single person households and 14.5% were group households.

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), 20.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), 47.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), there were 270 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 128 (or 47.4%) were male and 142 (or 52.6%) were female. The median age was 30 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,112.

In Richmond (Northern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,170.