Richmond Hill

21.4% of Richmond Hill's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

495 family households lived in Richmond Hill; 29.7% were couple families and 26.7% were one-parent families.

37.0% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Richmond Hill had 2,453 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 87.4% of occupied private dwellings in Richmond Hill.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

39.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

23.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.2% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Richmond Hill had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.6%, while 16.9% had four or more usual residents.

3.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

64.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

3.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.9% walked or cycled.

5.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 43.5% of the total.

51.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.4% reported a different address.

7.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

85.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

7.6% of Richmond Hill's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.4% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.3% of ancestry responses in Richmond Hill.

Australian ancestry made up 39.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

21.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.3% of workers, and education and training employed 19.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

26.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

52.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.5%.

Median household income was $1,297 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 3.8% in Richmond Hill, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 39.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 37.2% in Richmond Hill, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.