Richmond Hill (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,776 people in Richmond Hill (Qld) of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Richmond Hill (Qld) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.7% of the population.

Of people in Richmond Hill (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 44.8% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Richmond Hill (Qld) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Richmond Hill (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Richmond Hill (Qld) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Richmond Hill (Qld) 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 32.4% in secondary school and 9.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Richmond Hill (Qld) were Australian 35.3%, English 30.0%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 6.5% and German 3.8%.

In Richmond Hill (Qld), 87.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.7%, New Zealand 1.4%, Philippines 0.5%, India 0.4% and Papua New Guinea 0.4%.

In Richmond Hill (Qld), 83.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Richmond Hill (Qld) were Catholic 25.9%, Anglican 21.4%, No Religion 20.2%, Uniting Church 11.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Richmond Hill (Qld) 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.3%, Urdu 0.3%, Filipino 0.3%, Hindi 0.2% and Tagalog 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,102 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Richmond Hill (Qld). Of these 61.2% were employed full time, 24.6% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Richmond Hill (Qld), 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Richmond Hill (Qld) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Richmond Hill (Qld) included Professionals 21.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Labourers 9.4%, Managers 9.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8% and Sales Workers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Richmond Hill (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 15.2%, Metal Ore Mining 9.4%, Hospitals 6.4%, Local Government Administration 4.0% and Residential Care Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Richmond Hill (Qld) was $481.

In Richmond Hill (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.8%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Walked only 6.9%, Bus 4.3% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 5.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Richmond Hill (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.5% 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 Hill (Qld), 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Richmond Hill (Qld), 37.1% were couple families with children, 43.9% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Richmond Hill (Qld) 8.7% of single parents were male and 91.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Richmond Hill (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,225 and those without children was $1,880.

Employment status of couple families

In Richmond Hill (Qld), of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 17.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Richmond Hill (Qld), 87.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Richmond Hill (Qld), 91.2% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 4.6% were other dwellings.

In Richmond Hill (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 19.6% had 2 bedrooms and 48.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Richmond Hill (Qld), 33.1% were owned outright, 27.7% were owned with a mortgage and 33.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Richmond Hill (Qld), of all households, 70.7% were family households, 25.5% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Richmond Hill (Qld), 26.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% 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 Hill (Qld), 38.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Richmond Hill (Qld), there were 256 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 138 (or 53.9%) were male and 118 (or 46.1%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Hill (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $929.

In Richmond Hill (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,226.