$380 ▲ +58.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $240
- 2016: $320
- 2021: $380
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Kanwal · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Separate houses are far more common in Kanwal than in the rest of New South Wales. This is a spacious residential area where 83.4% of homes have three or more bedrooms, making it far more likely to find large family houses here than in most other parts of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Kanwal — higher than 78% of areas.
| Kanwal | $380 |
|---|---|
| 2259, NSW | $410 |
| New South Wales | $420 |
| Australia | $375 |
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rent is $380, which is much higher than most similar areas. Monthly mortgage payments usually sit at $1,733, which is well below the New South Wales figure of $2,167.
$380 ▲ +58.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,733 ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Kanwal, $350–$549 is the majority at 63%; $200–$349 is next at 19%.
Kanwal splits fairly evenly between $1,800–$2,999 (39%) and $1,000–$1,799 (37%), with Under $1,000 at 19%.
How homes are owned or rented.
A higher than usual share of households rent here at 26%, though this is still well below the national figure of 30.6%. About 32% of homes are owned outright, which is about the same as the state average.
26.0% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
32.0% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Kanwal splits fairly evenly between Owned with a mortgage (35%) and Owned outright (32%), with Rented at 26%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Detached houses make up 85.1% of the market, a figure far above the national average of 72.3%. Most of these are large homes, with 44.2% having three bedrooms and 31.8% having four.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
85.1% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
83.4% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Kanwal, Separate house is the majority at 86%; Flat or apartment is next at 10%.
In Kanwal, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 47%, followed by 4 bedrooms (34%) and 2 bedrooms (8%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Kanwal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12075/kanwal/topic/housing-dwellings