Sandy Crossing · Suburb / Locality

Housing & Dwellings in Sandy Crossing

Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.

Recent years have seen a shift in how people live in Sandy Crossing, where homes are now more crowded than in most other parts of the country. The area is sparsely populated, with very few dwellings across its 2.1 square kilometre extent.

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📍 Sandy Crossing, Suburb / Locality

Housing costs

Rents, mortgages and crowding.

Typical monthly home-loan payments are $1,690, which is well below the New South Wales figure of $2,167 and a little below the national figure of $1,863.

Owning & renting

How homes are owned or rented.

The most common how homes are owned or rented is Owned outright at 60%, ahead of Owned with a mortgage (60%).

How homes are owned or rented

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Sandy Crossing splits fairly evenly between Owned outright (50%) and Owned with a mortgage (50%).

Types of homes

Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.

Homes here are quite crowded, with 1.10 people per bedroom. This is well above the Australian figure of 0.80 and a little above the New South Wales figure of 0.90.

1.10

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.30
  • 2021: 1.10

Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.

Types of homes

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In Sandy Crossing, Separate house is the majority at 100%.

Bedrooms per home

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In Sandy Crossing, 4 bedrooms is the majority at 100%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Sandy Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13497/sandy-crossing/topic/housing-dwellings