Richmond

9.6% of Richmond's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

6,662 family households lived in Richmond; 28.8% were couple families and 13.0% were one-parent families.

25.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Richmond had 28,587 residents at the 2021 Census.

47.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 15.6% of occupied private dwellings in Richmond.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 30.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 53.0% of occupied private dwellings.

19.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

24.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

56.0% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Richmond had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 38.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 37.2%, while 10.4% had four or more usual residents.

45.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

24.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

6.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.1% walked or cycled.

19.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 54.4% of the total.

26.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

41.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 58.2% reported a different address.

30.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

72.1% of residents used only English at home.

23.0% used a language other than English at home.

2.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

30.4% of Richmond's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 69.6% was born in Australia.

1.7% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.7% of ancestry responses in Richmond.

Australian ancestry made up 24.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 7.3% of responses.

43.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 18.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 74.8%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

51.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

63.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 5.1% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

46.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 17.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 11.4%.

Median household income was $2,245 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,292.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $441 per week.

Working from home was 45.9% in Richmond, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 19.2% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 56.0% in Richmond, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.