Five Ways · Suburb / Locality

Housing & Dwellings in Five Ways

Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.

Over one person per bedroom is the norm in Five Ways, making it one of the most crowded areas for this measure. High occupancy levels sit alongside significant home loan costs that far exceed national figures.

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📍 Five Ways, Suburb / Locality

Housing costs

Rents, mortgages and crowding.

The typical monthly home loan payment is $2,500, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of $2,167 and well above the Australian average of $1,863.

Owning & renting

How homes are owned or rented.

The most common how homes are owned or rented is Owned with a mortgage at 50%, ahead of Other tenure (50%).

How homes are owned or rented

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Five Ways splits fairly evenly between Owned with a mortgage (50%) and Other tenure (50%).

Types of homes

Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.

With 1.20 people per bedroom, Five Ways is among the highest for this measure. This is well above the 0.90 recorded for New South Wales and the 0.80 seen across Australia.

1.20

Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.70
  • 2021: 1.20

Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.

Types of homes

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In Five Ways, Separate house is the majority at 100%.

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 Five Ways [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11534/five-ways/topic/housing-dwellings