$485 ▲ +61.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $300
- 2016: $480
- 2021: $485
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Erina Heights · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Separate houses make up 95.6% of all homes in Erina Heights, making it a suburb of mostly detached dwellings. This is a high-cost area where typical monthly mortgage payments are much higher than most other areas. While home ownership is strong, the cost of both owning and renting is well above the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Erina Heights — higher than 91% of areas.
| Erina Heights | $485 |
|---|---|
| 2260, NSW | $510 |
| New South Wales | $420 |
| Australia | $375 |
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly mortgage payments are $2,500, which is well above the Australian figure. Renters also face high costs, with the usual weekly rent of $485 sitting among the highest for areas of this type.
$485 ▲ +61.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$2,500 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Erina Heights, $350–$549 is the majority at 59%; $200–$349 is next at 17%.
In Erina Heights, the largest group is $1,800–$2,999 at 43%, followed by $3,000 or more (37%) and $1,000–$1,799 (13%).
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very common here, with 43.7% of homes owned outright, which is far above the state and national figures. In contrast, only 16.3% of households rent, a figure far below that of New South Wales.
16.3% ▲ +25.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
43.7% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Erina Heights splits fairly evenly between Owned outright (43%) and Owned with a mortgage (39%), with Rented at 16%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
The area is dominated by large homes, as 88.9% have three or more bedrooms, which is far above the national average. This contributes to a higher density of people per bedroom than in most of Australia.
0.90 ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
95.6% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
88.9% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Erina Heights, Separate house is the majority at 96%; Townhouse / semi-detached is next at 4%.
Erina Heights splits fairly evenly between 4 bedrooms (32%) and 3 bedrooms (29%), with 5 or more at 28%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Erina Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11437/erina-heights/topic/housing-dwellings