$250 —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Bruarong · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Every single home in Bruarong is a separate house, making it a purely detached residential area. While many residents own their homes outright, the typical monthly mortgage payment for those with a loan is $2,000, which is much higher than most areas.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bruarong — lower than 60% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rents are $250, which is well below the national and Victorian figures. In contrast, monthly home loan payments are about the same as the typical figures for Victoria and Australia.
$250 —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$2,000 —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Bruarong, $200–$349 is the majority at 100%.
In Bruarong, $3,000 or more is the majority at 100%.
How homes are owned or rented.
A far higher share of households own their home outright (45%) compared to the state and national averages. This helps explain why the proportion of renters is far below the Victorian and Australian figures at just 17.5%.
17.5% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
45.0% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Bruarong, the largest group is Owned outright at 47%, followed by Owned with a mortgage (26%) and Rented (18%).
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Houses in Bruarong tend to be large, with 77.5% having three or more bedrooms, which is well above the national figure. The number of people per bedroom is 0.80, about the same as the typical Australian home.
0.80 —
Lower than 57% 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.
77.5% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Bruarong, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Bruarong, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 42%, followed by 4 bedrooms (26%) and 2 bedrooms (18%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Bruarong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20358/bruarong/topic/housing-dwellings