richmond (vic.)
Victoria · Census 2021
$1.40M
-0.2% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Bounded by the Yarra River, Richmond pairs Victorian-era worker's cottages with a bustling Vietnamese culinary strip on Victoria Street and expansive green spaces like Citizens Park.
Median house price
People
Housing
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 54%
- Top language at home
- Vietnamese · 2%
- No religion
- 54%
- Born overseas
- 32%
- English only at home
- 76%
Local amenities
Grocery mix: 2 Coles · 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Yarra
- Council population
- 88,164
- Council area
- 20 km²
- Density
- 4,521/km²
- Federal grants
- $3.19M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $36/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,937
- Operating result
- +9.5%
- Asset renewal
- 98%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Melbourne
- Federal MP
- Sarah Witty (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 74% 2PP
- State electorate
- Richmond
- State MP
- Gabrielle De Vietri (GRN)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.