$250 —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Hanging Rock · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
A typical monthly mortgage payment of just $778 makes Hanging Rock a far more affordable place to live than most of Australia. This low cost is reflected in the local housing market, where a huge majority of residents own their homes outright.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Hanging Rock — lower than 60% of areas.
| Hanging Rock | $250 |
|---|---|
| 2340, NSW | $300 |
| New South Wales | $420 |
| Australia | $375 |
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Weekly rent is well below the national figure at $250. Mortgage payments are also far below the New South Wales typical of $2,167, sitting at just $778 per month.
$250 —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$778 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Hanging Rock, $200–$349 is the majority at 100%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very high here, with 57.8% of homes owned outright, which is far above the national figure of 31%. Only 6.7% of households rent, a figure far below the state average.
6.7% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
57.8% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Hanging Rock, Owned outright is the majority at 59%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 20%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 91.1% of all homes, far above the national average. However, these homes tend to be smaller, with only 44.4% having three or more bedrooms, which is far below the national figure of 73.8%.
0.70 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
91.1% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
44.4% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Hanging Rock, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Hanging Rock, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 43%, followed by 2 bedrooms (32%) and 1 bedroom (14%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Hanging Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11854/hanging-rock/topic/housing-dwellings