$140 ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $138
- 2016: $28
- 2021: $140
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Bessiebelle · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Far lower housing costs than the state average mark Bessiebelle, where the typical rent is just $140 a week. This is a place of detached houses and stable ownership, with a very high proportion of residents owning their homes outright.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bessiebelle — lower than 88% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rent is $140, which is far below the national figure of $375. Similarly, the usual monthly home loan payment of $915 is much lower than most areas and far below the Victorian average.
$140 ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$915 ▲ +339.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Bessiebelle, Under $1,000 is the majority at 64%; $1,000–$1,799 is next at 36%.
How homes are owned or rented.
More than half of all homes (52.2%) are owned outright, which is far above the national figure of 31%. This helps explain why only 10.9% of households rent, a rate far below the 30.6% seen across Australia.
10.9% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
52.2% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Bessiebelle, Owned outright is the majority at 57%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 31%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Every home in Bessiebelle is a separate house, with 84.8% having three or more bedrooms. This is far above the Victorian average of 74.1%, though there are slightly fewer people per bedroom (0.70) than in most other areas.
0.70 ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% → 0.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
84.8% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Bessiebelle, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Bessiebelle, 3 bedrooms is the majority at 59%; 4 bedrooms is next at 30%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Bessiebelle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20225/bessiebelle/topic/housing-dwellings