$400 ▲ +44.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $277
- 2016: $320
- 2021: $400
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Blairgowrie · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Blairgowrie
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Much higher housing costs than most similar areas define Blairgowrie, where the typical weekly rent is $400. It is a place of spacious, detached living, with nearly every home being a separate house. This creates a unique landscape where high costs coexist with a very high rate of outright home ownership.
$400
▲ +44.4%
- $0–$25: 37 areas
- $25–$50: 86 areas
- $50–$75: 199 areas
- $75–$100: 214 areas
- $100–$125: 525 areas
- $125–$150: 343 areas
- $150–$175: 699 areas
- $175–$200: 597 areas
- $200–$225: 1183 areas
- $225–$250: 724 areas
- $250–$275: 1277 areas
- $275–$300: 787 areas
- $300–$325: 1282 areas
- $325–$350: 618 areas
- $350–$375: 935 areas
- $375–$400: 570 areas
- $400–$425: 763 areas
- $425–$450: 288 areas
- $450–$475: 415 areas
- $475–$500: 176 areas
- $500–$525: 204 areas
- $525–$550: 79 areas
- $550–$575: 125 areas
- $575–$600: 70 areas
- $600–$625: 97 areas
- $625–$650: 21 areas
- $650–$675: 54 areas
- $675–$700: 145 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Blairgowrie — higher than 82% of areas.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rents of $400 and monthly loan payments of $2,000 are both much higher than in most areas. While these are much higher than the norm for similar places, they are only a little above or about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
$2,000 ▲ +31.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,517
- 2016: $1,800
- 2021: $2,000
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Weekly rent distribution
View on map →In Blairgowrie, the largest group is $350–$549 at 44%, followed by $200–$349 (25%) and $550–$749 (15%).
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →Blairgowrie splits fairly evenly between $1,800–$2,999 (28%) and $3,000 or more (27%), with $1,000–$1,799 at 25%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very common here, with 57.6% of homes owned outright, which is far above the state and national figures. Meanwhile, the 13.4% of households renting is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
13.4% ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
57.6% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →In Blairgowrie, Owned outright is the majority at 58%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 24%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 99.1% of all homes, a figure far above the state and national averages. Most of these are large, with 90% having three or more bedrooms, which helps explain why there are well below the national average of people per bedroom.
0.60 ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.00
- 2016: 0.60
- 2021: 0.60
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
99.1% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 99.1%
- 2016: 99.2%
- 2021: 99.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
90.0% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 83.5%
- 2016: 83.1%
- 2021: 90.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Types of homes
View on map →In Blairgowrie, Separate house is the majority at 99%; Townhouse / semi-detached is next at 1%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In Blairgowrie, 3 bedrooms is the majority at 50%; 4 bedrooms is next at 33%.
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 Blairgowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20257/blairgowrie/topic/housing-dwellings