$495 ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $390
- 2016: $400
- 2021: $495
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Padstow Heights · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Typical monthly mortgage payments of $2,500 are much higher than most similar areas in Padstow Heights. This suburb is a high-cost pocket where both home loans and rents sit well above the national figures. It is a place of large, family-sized homes and very few renters.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Padstow Heights — higher than 92% of areas.
| Padstow Heights | $495 |
|---|---|
| 2211, NSW | $470 |
| New South Wales | $420 |
| Australia | $375 |
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Weekly rents here are among the highest for this type of area, reaching a typical $495. This mirrors the high cost of owning, with typical monthly mortgage payments sitting at $2,500, which is a little above the New South Wales figure.
$495 ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$2,500 ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Padstow Heights splits fairly evenly between $350–$549 (33%) and $550–$749 (32%), with Under $200 at 18%.
Padstow Heights splits fairly evenly between $1,800–$2,999 (35%) and $3,000 or more (34%), with $1,000–$1,799 at 16%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Renting is far less common here than in the rest of the state, with only 13.8% of households renting. Instead, 38.3% of homes are owned outright, a figure well above the Australian average.
13.8% ▲ +16.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
38.3% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Padstow Heights splits fairly evenly between Owned with a mortgage (39%) and Owned outright (39%), with Rented at 14%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 72.0% of the suburb, and homes with three or more bedrooms are far more common than in New South Wales. This trend towards larger homes is reflected in the 32.4% of dwellings that have four bedrooms.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
72.0% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
81.2% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Padstow Heights, Separate house is the majority at 72%; Townhouse / semi-detached is next at 14%.
In Padstow Heights, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 38%, followed by 4 bedrooms (33%) and 2 bedrooms (12%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Padstow Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13132/padstow-heights/topic/housing-dwellings