$959 —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $867
- 2021: $959
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Retreat · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Monthly mortgage payments of just $959 are far below the national figure in Retreat. This makes housing costs in the area much lower than in most other places. It is a small community where residents generally face much lower home loan pressures than those across New South Wales.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly home-loan payments are $959, which is far below the New South Wales figure of $2,167 and the Australian average of $1,863.
$959 —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
How homes are owned or rented.
The most common how homes are owned or rented is Owned outright at 72%, ahead of Owned with a mortgage (0%).
In Retreat, Owned outright is the majority at 100%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
With 0.80 people per bedroom, this area has more people sharing rooms than most similar places, though this is about the same as the national figure.
0.80 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
In Retreat, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Retreat splits fairly evenly between 2 bedrooms (33%) and 3 bedrooms (33%), with 4 bedrooms at 33%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Retreat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13368/retreat/topic/housing-dwellings