$200 ▲ +33.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $150
- 2016: $170
- 2021: $200
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Cobar · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Cobar
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Housing costs in Cobar have remained far below state and national levels, making it a more affordable place to live than most of Australia. The typical weekly rent is just $200, and typical monthly mortgage payments are much lower than in other similar areas.
$200
▲ +33.3%
- $0–$25: 37 areas
- $25–$50: 86 areas
- $50–$75: 199 areas
- $75–$100: 214 areas
- $100–$125: 525 areas
- $125–$150: 343 areas
- $150–$175: 699 areas
- $175–$200: 597 areas
- $200–$225: 1183 areas
- $225–$250: 724 areas
- $250–$275: 1277 areas
- $275–$300: 787 areas
- $300–$325: 1282 areas
- $325–$350: 618 areas
- $350–$375: 935 areas
- $375–$400: 570 areas
- $400–$425: 763 areas
- $425–$450: 288 areas
- $450–$475: 415 areas
- $475–$500: 176 areas
- $500–$525: 204 areas
- $525–$550: 79 areas
- $550–$575: 125 areas
- $575–$600: 70 areas
- $600–$625: 97 areas
- $625–$650: 21 areas
- $650–$675: 54 areas
- $675–$700: 145 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cobar — lower than 75% of areas.
| Cobar | $200 |
|---|---|
| 2835, NSW | $200 |
| New South Wales | $420 |
| Australia | $375 |
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rents of $200 are far below the New South Wales figure of $420. Similarly, the usual monthly home-loan payment of $1,109 is far below both the state and national averages.
$1,109 ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,322
- 2016: $1,300
- 2021: $1,109
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Weekly rent distribution
View on map →Cobar splits fairly evenly between Under $200 (50%) and $200–$349 (46%), with $350–$549 at 4%.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →Cobar splits fairly evenly between Under $1,000 (39%) and $1,000–$1,799 (39%), with $1,800–$2,999 at 14%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
Rental properties are much more common here than in most similar areas, with 34.5% of households renting. This is well above the Australian figure of 30.6%, while 32.7% of homes are owned outright.
34.5% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.3%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
32.7% ▲ +13.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →Cobar splits fairly evenly between Rented (34%) and Owned outright (33%), with Owned with a mortgage at 28%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Detached houses are very common, making up 89.2% of all homes, which is far above the national figure of 72.3%. Most of these are large, with 81.6% having three or more bedrooms, though there are fewer people per bedroom than in most areas.
0.70 ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.10
- 2016: 0.80
- 2021: 0.70
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
89.2% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 87.6%
- 2016: 89.1%
- 2021: 89.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
81.6% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 77.8%
- 2016: 78.5%
- 2021: 81.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Types of homes
View on map →In Cobar, Separate house is the majority at 90%; Flat or apartment is next at 5%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In Cobar, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 47%, followed by 4 bedrooms (32%) and 2 bedrooms (12%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10948/cobar/topic/housing-dwellings