Richmond TAS 7025
Richmond sits 28 km from Hobart CBD in Tasmania, around 27 minutes by car. Census data records 1,583 residents with a median age of 51 and a median household income of $77,792 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. Population grew 8.1% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $340 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,600. The area shows high bushfire risk. Of 2 schools within the suburb boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Richmond a good suburb?
Richmond scores a C (48/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on safety.
Mixed results
2 schools · 1 above peer schools
Some car dependence
Walkability 0/100 · 28.1 km · 27 min drive to Hobart
Median available
Median $940K
High bushfire risk
Fire 87/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 51 · 1,583 residents
Liveability Rating
48 / 100 · Ranked #106 in TASEach bar is Richmond's rank among TAS suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
No crime data is published for Tasmania — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
Flood data for Tasmania covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.
How do you rate the liveability in Richmond?
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Our score
48 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataRichmond's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $940,000, about 1% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$940,500
31% above its 3 neighbours (median $720,000)
Based on 39 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 39 days — median across 9 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 20 sales $926K
- 4 bed 11 sales $910K
Land
$400,000
Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Richmond are currently listed at around $1.15 million on average. Based on 13 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.15M
13 houses listed in the last 6 months.
13 of the suburb's 626 dwellings (2.1%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Rent agreed on new leases
Sep 2025–Aug 2026- All rentals
- $650/wk
- 21 bonds
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Short-Stay Rentals
38 active Airbnb listings: 33 whole homes and 5 rooms. Whole homes are about 4.8% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Crime in the Clarence council area
Crime recorded across the whole council area over the 12 months to Jul 2026, not in Richmond alone. Tasmania Police publish by council, not by suburb.
| Type | Count | Per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| All offences | 3,464 | 54.0 |
| Assault | 318 | 5.0 |
| Assault in a public place | 89 | 1.4 |
| Home burglary | 95 | 1.5 |
| Stolen vehicles | 155 | 2.4 |
| Robbery | 21 | 0.3 |
| Serious crime | 109 | 1.7 |
| Public order incidents | 2,163 | 33.7 |
| Family violence order breaches | 197 | 3.1 |
| Police family violence order breaches | 132 | 2.1 |
Rates use the council’s 64,119 residents. The latest month is preliminary and may be revised.
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20258 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Aircraft Noise
ANEF Contour Details
Noticeable aircraft noise
Noticeable aircraft noise
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 4.6 km
- Rate
- -0.11 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -3.0 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Two schools serve Richmond, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Richmond Primary School leads the pack.
- • 489 students across 2 schools (avg 244)
- • Sectors: 1 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 1010-1021, median 1016 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: St John's Catholic School (291 students)
Primary
Walkability
Richmond is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the suburb there are 2 supermarkets, 7 parks and 5 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Richmond.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 6.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 3.4 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 2.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 11.3 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 1 min wait
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Richmond.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 8%
- Premises covered
- 840
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Clarence: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 5 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Richmond is home to about 1,600 residents, with a median age of 51 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $78,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,583
Median Age
51
Median Household Income
$77,792/yr
Census Median Rent
$340/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,600/mo
Avg Household Size
2.4
Median Personal Income
$39,624/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
9.3%
Total Dwellings
626
Owner-Occupier Rate
84.2%
Houses
91.4%
Rental Stress
22.7%
Mortgage Stress
24.7%
Work From Home
15.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
7 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 10 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 95 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 79.9%
- English Spoken at Home
- 91.3%
- Employment Rate
- 56.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 38.8%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
19 residents (1.2%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,507 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
28% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (213 of 751).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 621 people work here; 751 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.8 per resident). At least 16% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,189 a year through Clarence based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 72%
- Environmental 25%
- Infrastructure and transport 1%
- Zones under 1% 2%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Clarence
In the year to August 2026, 291 new dwellings were approved across Clarence. That mix is 268 houses and 23 units.
Climate & Setting
from Hobart Airport West, 12.9 kmDry climate — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 23 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 4.5 km
- Annual rainfall
- 460 mm
- 83 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 22.7°C
- 2 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 4.8°C
- 2 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
EV adoption
In postcode 7025, 23 of 1,858 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.5% (28 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.7%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 7025, 338 rooftop-solar systems totalling 2.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 779 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 26 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$20,000 for new homes.
$20,000 for transactions commencing 1 July 2026 - 30 June 2027. THE AMOUNT MOVES EVERY YEAR AND THE SRO PUBLISHES THE TABLE: $30,000 (FY2025-26), $10,000 (FY2024-25), $30,000 (Apr 2021 - Jun 2024). We held $10,000 until 2026-09-18, which was the FY2024-25 figure — two years stale, and wrong in both directions in between. Nothing is published beyond 30 June 2027, so this is due again then regardless of the 1 July sweep. No purchase-price cap is STATED on the eligibility pages (an absence, not an explicit "no cap"); the Grant Guideline PDF was not read. Eligible new builds include substantially renovated homes and kit homes. Completion within 24 months of the transaction start date, or the grant drops to $10,000. Separate from the grant: the first home buyer duty exemption on ESTABLISHED homes up to $750,000 closed for settlements after 30 June 2026.
Mortgage repayments
Property transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with State Revenue Office of Tasmania
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Rebecca White Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rebecca White | 61.6% | 38.4% | +10.7 |
| 2022 | Brian Mitchell | 50.9% | 49.1% | +4.3 |
| 2019 | Brian Mitchell | 55.2% | 44.8% | -1.4 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Elected at the 2025 election:
- Guy Barnett Liberal Party
- Jane Howlett Liberal Party
- Tabatha Badger Tasmanian Greens
- Jen Butler Australian Labor Party
- Brian Mitchell Australian Labor Party
- Mark Shelton Liberal Party
- Carlo Di Falco Shooters, Fishers, Farmers TAS
| Year | Seats won |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Tasmanian Greens · 1 Shooters, Fishers, Farmers TAS |
| 2024 | 3 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Jacqui Lambie Network · 1 Tasmanian Greens |
A vacancy here is filled by a recount of the original votes, not a by-election, so a member listed may since have been replaced. Results: Tasmanian Electoral Commission.
Looking at a specific address in Richmond?
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- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 1,583 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Richmond
Is Richmond a safe place to live?
TAS does not publish suburb-level crime statistics, so there is no crime figure for Richmond.
What natural hazards affect Richmond?
Richmond has a high recorded bushfire history (87/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Part of it sits inside an aircraft noise contour. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Richmond a good place to live?
Richmond has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (48/100), ranked against other TAS suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Richmond?
Richmond, TAS had a population of 1,583 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Richmond, TAS?
The postcode for Richmond, TAS is 7025.
How far is Richmond from Hobart?
Richmond is 28 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 27 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Richmond?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Richmond was $77,792 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Richmond?
There are too few current rental listings in Richmond for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $340, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Richmond?
The median age of residents in Richmond was 51 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Richmond at risk of bushfire?
Richmond has a high recorded bushfire history (87/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Richmond?
There are 2 schools inside the Richmond boundary: 1 above and 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in Richmond?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Richmond, Hobart Airport West (12.9 km away), summer days average 22.7°C, winter nights 4.8°C, 460 mm of rain a year over 83 rainy days, and 2 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Richmond?
First-home buyers in TAS may be eligible for $20,000 towards new homes. The grant is administered by State Revenue Office of Tasmania; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Richmond belong to?
Richmond sits within the Clarence local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Richmond?
The average residential rates bill through Clarence is $2,189 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Richmond?
Across Clarence, 291 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Richmond in?
Richmond sits within the federal Division of Lyons, currently held by Rebecca White (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2025
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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