$240 —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $200
- 2021: $240
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Ascot · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Every single home in Ascot is a separate house, making it one of the most detached-housing areas in the region. This creates a landscape of large family homes where most people own their property outright. It is a place where traditional housing dominates the landscape completely.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Ascot — lower than 63% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly mortgage payments here are $2,167, which is a little above the Victorian figure. In contrast, weekly rent is $240, which is well below both the state and national figures.
$240 —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$2,167 ▲ +54.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Ascot, $200–$349 is the majority at 100%.
In Ascot, $1,800–$2,999 is the majority at 100%.
How homes are owned or rented.
A huge 60% of homes are owned outright, a figure far above the national average of 31%. This helps explain why the 13.3% rental rate is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
13.3% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
60.0% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Ascot, Owned outright is the majority at 56%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 19%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Large homes are the norm, with 93.3% of dwellings having three or more bedrooms. This is far above the national figure of 73.8%, and the typical home has 0.80 people per bedroom.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
93.3% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Ascot, the largest group is 4 bedrooms at 50%, followed by 3 bedrooms (29%) and 5 or more (21%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Ascot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20073/ascot/topic/housing-dwellings