$100 → 0.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $100
- 2021: $100
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Chepstowe · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Low living costs define daily life in Chepstowe, where a typical weekly rent is just $100. This makes the area far more affordable than most places in Victoria and Australia, though homes here are more likely to be crowded than in other regions.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Chepstowe — lower than 94% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly mortgage payments are far below the state and national figures, sitting at $889. Rent is also among the lowest for similar areas, at only $100 per week.
$100 → 0.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$889 ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Chepstowe, Under $1,000 is the majority at 57%; $1,000–$1,799 is next at 43%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is high, with 45.8% of homes owned outright, which is far above the national figure of 31%. Meanwhile, the 20.8% of households renting is well below the Victorian average.
20.8% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
45.8% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Chepstowe, the largest group is Owned outright at 46%, followed by Owned with a mortgage (33%) and Rented (21%).
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Every single home in Chepstowe is a separate house. While 70.8% of these have three or more bedrooms, the area is a little more crowded than the national average, with 0.90 people per bedroom.
0.90 ▼ -18.2%
Higher 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.
70.8% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Chepstowe, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Chepstowe, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 50%, followed by 2 bedrooms (21%) and 1 bedroom (18%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Chepstowe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20540/chepstowe/topic/housing-dwellings