Richmond Lowlands

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 220 people in Richmond Lowlands of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Richmond Lowlands was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Richmond Lowlands aged 15 years and over, 58.7% were married and 8.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Richmond Lowlands was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Richmond Lowlands, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Richmond Lowlands was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Richmond Lowlands 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.0% were in primary school, 14.1% in secondary school and 21.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Richmond Lowlands were Australian 25.4%, English 21.9%, Maltese 14.8%, Chinese 8.6% and Macedonian 4.7%.

In Richmond Lowlands, 69.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.9%, Malta 4.5%, England 3.6%, Greece 2.7% and New Zealand 2.3%.

In Richmond Lowlands, 53.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Richmond Lowlands were Catholic 39.0%, No Religion 17.9%, Anglican 16.6%, Eastern Orthodox 4.9% and Baptist 1.8%.

In Richmond Lowlands 73.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Cantonese 10.0%, Maltese 7.7%, Macedonian 3.6% and Sinhalese 1.4%.

Employment

There were 118 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Richmond Lowlands. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Richmond Lowlands, 7.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Richmond Lowlands was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Richmond Lowlands included Managers 36.2%, Professionals 12.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Labourers 9.5%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Richmond Lowlands, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 13.6%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 4.2%, Other Livestock Farming 4.2%, Veterinary Services 4.2% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Richmond Lowlands was $655.

In Richmond Lowlands, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 37.1%, Walked only 18.1%, Car, as passenger 3.4% and Train 2.6%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 43.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Richmond Lowlands, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 6.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.6% 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 Lowlands, 18.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Richmond Lowlands, 45.8% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 16.9% were one parent families.

In Richmond Lowlands 40.0% of single parents were male and 60.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Richmond Lowlands, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Richmond Lowlands, of couple families with children, 25.5% had both partners employed full-time, 8.5% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Richmond Lowlands, 84.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Richmond Lowlands, 93.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.6% were other dwellings.

In Richmond Lowlands, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.5% had 2 bedrooms and 34.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Richmond Lowlands, 52.6% were owned outright, 16.7% were owned with a mortgage and 26.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Richmond Lowlands, of all households, 77.6% were family households, 15.8% were single person households and 6.6% were group households.

In Richmond Lowlands, 18.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.6% 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 Lowlands, 22.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Richmond Lowlands, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Lowlands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Richmond Lowlands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.