$250 ▲ +1288.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $18
- 2016: $5
- 2021: $250
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Jemalong · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Only separate houses make up the housing stock in Jemalong, where every single home is a detached dwelling. This is a place of very affordable living, with typical monthly mortgage payments and weekly rents sitting far below the state and national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Jemalong — lower than 60% of areas.
| Jemalong | $250 |
|---|---|
| 2871, NSW | $230 |
| New South Wales | $420 |
| Australia | $375 |
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Housing is very cheap here, with a typical monthly home loan payment of just $303 and weekly rent at $250. Both figures are far below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
$250 ▲ +1288.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$303 ▼ -75.9%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Jemalong, $200–$349 is the majority at 100%.
In Jemalong, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 100%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Renting is more common here than in most similar areas, with 23.1% of households renting. Only 15.4% of homes are owned outright, which is far below the national figure of 31%.
23.1% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
15.4% ▼ -57.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Jemalong splits fairly evenly between Other tenure (32%) and Rented (27%), with Owned with a mortgage at 23%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes in Jemalong are typically large, with 88.5% having three or more bedrooms. This explains why the number of people per bedroom (0.70) is well below the state average.
0.70 ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% → 0.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
88.5% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Jemalong, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Jemalong, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 35%, followed by 4 bedrooms (27%) and 5 or more (27%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Jemalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12015/jemalong/topic/housing-dwellings