$100 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Boolite · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Typical monthly mortgage payments of $1,083 make Boolite a very affordable place to live. Costs for both buying and renting are far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, reflecting a low-cost housing market.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Boolite — lower than 94% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Weekly rent is among the lowest at this level, at just $100. This is far below the typical Victorian rent of $370 and the national figure of $375.
$100 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,083 —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
How homes are owned or rented.
The most common how homes are owned or rented is Owned outright at 58%, ahead of Owned with a mortgage (0%).
In Boolite, Owned outright is the majority at 100%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes in the area tend to be less crowded than in most places, with 0.70 people per bedroom, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian figures of 0.80.
0.70 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
In Boolite, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Boolite, 3 bedrooms is the majority at 100%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Boolite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20291/boolite/topic/housing-dwellings