[1] Although officially gazetted as a suburb, most of the land use in Richmond is agricultural, predominantly growing sugarcane.

A network of cane tramways in the suburb transfers the harvested sugarcane to the sugar mill for processing.

On 1 January 1909 it became Nindaroo State School It closed in 1963.

[4] The school was located at 1 Boveys Road, corner of Mackay Habana Road (21°04′56″S 149°08′31″E / 21.08220°S 149.14186°E / -21.08220; 149.14186 (Nindaroo State School (former))), now in Richmond.

The nearest government secondary schools are Mackay Northern Beaches State High School in neighbouring Rural View to the north-east, Pioneer State High School in Andergrove to the east, and Mackay North State High School in North Mackay.