$1,200 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $802
- 2021: $1,200
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Adelaide Lead · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Every single home in Adelaide Lead is a separate house, making it one of the most uniform areas in the region. This is a place where people largely own their own homes and face much lower living costs than the national average.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly mortgage payments are $1,200, which is well below the $1,863 national figure and much lower than most other areas.
$1,200 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Adelaide Lead, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 79%; Under $1,000 is next at 21%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very high, with 45.5% of homes owned outright—far above the Victorian average of 32.2%. Notably, no households in the area are renting.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
45.5% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Adelaide Lead, Owned with a mortgage is the majority at 52%; Owned outright is next at 48%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Large family homes are the norm here, as 78.8% have three or more bedrooms. Despite these larger homes, there are fewer people per bedroom (0.70) than in the typical Australian home.
0.70 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
78.8% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Adelaide Lead, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Adelaide Lead splits fairly evenly between 3 bedrooms (45%) and 4 bedrooms (45%), with 2 bedrooms at 10%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Adelaide Lead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20009/adelaide-lead/topic/housing-dwellings