Richardson, Australian Capital Territory
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Richardson
| city = Canberra
| state = act
| image =
| map_type =
| lga = Tuggeranong
| stategov = Brindabella
| fedgov = Bean
| est = 1981
| gazetted = 5 May 1975
| postcode = 2905
| area = 2.2
| pop = 3,058
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2021 AUS|id=SSC80112|name=Richardson (State Suburb)|accessdate=1 July 2017|quick=on}}
| elevation = 609
| coordinates = {{coord|-35.426|149.115|region:AU-ACT_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| dist1 = 21
| dir1 = S
| location1 = Canberra CBD
| dist2 = 16
| dir2 = SW
| location2 = Queanbeyan
| dist3 = 105
| dir3 = SW
| location3 = Goulburn
| dist4 = 302
| dir4 = SW
| location4 = Sydney
| near-nw = Monash
| near-n = Gowrie
| near-ne = Chisholm
| near-e = Canberra Nature Park
| near-se = Theodore
| near-s = Calwell
| near-sw = Calwell
| near-w = Isabella Plains
}}
Richardson is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia, district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2905. It was gazetted on 5 May 1975.{{cite book|title=Canberra's suburb and street names : origins and meanings|publisher=Department of the Environment, Land and Planning|year=1992|isbn=1-86331-128-9|page=102}} Streets are named after writers, especially female writers. It is next to the suburbs of Calwell, Isabella Plains, Gowrie and Chisholm. It is bounded by Johnson Drive, Ashley Drive and Isabella Drive. This suburb is named after the novelist Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson (1870–1946) who wrote under the pen name Henry Handel Richardson.
Demographics
At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Richardson had a population of 3,058. The median age of people in Richardson was 36 years, compared to a median age of 35 for the ACT. The median weekly individual income for Richardson in 2021 was $1,012, compared to $1,203 for the ACT, while the median weekly household income was $2,043. In 2021, the median monthly housing loan repayment in Richardson was $2,000.
The residents of Richardson are predominantly Australian born, with 75.6% being born in Australia. The three main countries of birth for those born overseas were England, 2.7%, India, 2.3% and New Zealand, 1.2%. The most popular religious affiliations in descending order are no religion, Catholic, Anglican and Islam.
Suburb amenities and places of interest
File:CEWBeanandEffieAtTuggeranongHomestead.jpg and his wife, Effie, in the grounds of Tuggeranong Station between 1919 and 1925.]]
Richardson Primary school, located on May Gibbs Close, opened in 1984; the school has a major focus on information and communications technology in education. Richardson Primary School was the first school within Australia to install Interactive Whiteboards.{{cite web|publisher=Richardson Primary School|url=http://www.richardsonps.act.edu.au/our_school|title= Our School |accessdate= 17 February 2014}} Richardson Preschool is also located on May Gibbs Close.{{cite web|publisher=ACT Department of Education and Training| url=http://www.det.act.gov.au/school_education/directory_of_schools/preschools_act_government |title= Preschools (Public) |accessdate= 17 February 2014}}
The Tuggeranong Homestead heritage site is accessed off Johnson Drive. The Richardson local centre and Richardson Oval are located on May Gibbs Close. Richardson also has a scout hall on Clift Crescent.
Several ACTION bus routes service Richardson. Routes 74, 75 and 76 connect Richardson to Tuggeranong Town Centre and Erindale Centre.[https://www.transport.act.gov.au/getting-around/new_network_preview?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZmaWxlcy50cmFuc3BvcnQuYWN0Lmdvdi5hdSUyRkF1dG9UVCUyRk5ld19OZXR3b3JrXzE5JTJGcGRmcyUyRnJvdXRlXzc1LnBkZiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D Route 74 & 75] Transport Canberra[https://www.transport.act.gov.au/getting-around/new_network_preview?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZmaWxlcy50cmFuc3BvcnQuYWN0Lmdvdi5hdSUyRkF1dG9UVCUyRk5ld19OZXR3b3JrXzE5JTJGcGRmcyUyRnJvdXRlXzc2LnBkZiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D Route 76] Transport Canberra Route 78 connects Richardson to Tuggeranong Town Centre via Isabella Plains and Bonython.[https://www.transport.act.gov.au/getting-around/new_network_preview?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZmaWxlcy50cmFuc3BvcnQuYWN0Lmdvdi5hdSUyRkF1dG9UVCUyRk5ld19OZXR3b3JrXzE5JTJGcGRmcyUyRnJvdXRlXzc4LnBkZiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D Route 78] Transport Canberra
Geology
{{See also|Geology of the Australian Capital Territory}}
Quaternary alluvium covers the whole suburb.
This would have formed by erosion of the surrounding Deakin Volcanics in Chisholm and the hills to the east. Deep underneath are volcanic rocks from the Silurian age at 414 Mya.Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.