Richmond Hill is a suburb which lies within the Territorial Authority of Christchurch, one of 116 residential suburbs which form the wider region. Richmond Hill is the 85th largest suburb of Christchurch in terms of the total number of residential housing stock. Richmond Hill provides a range of housing stock, with the earliest residential housing recorded in the area constructed between 1910 - 1919. The majority of the residential housing stock in the locality was constructed between 2010 - 2019. Residential housing stock in Richmond Hill is made up of primarily standard residential housing property types with a small proportion of purpose built residential rental housing and lifestyle properties.