Doctors Flat · Suburb / Locality

Housing & Dwellings in Doctors Flat

Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.

Monthly mortgage payments are much lower here than in most other areas, making Doctors Flat a relatively affordable place to live. The typical home-loan payment is $1,200, which is well below both the Victorian and national figures.

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📍 Doctors Flat, Suburb / Locality

Housing costs

Rents, mortgages and crowding.

Typical monthly home-loan payments are $1,200, which is $659 lower than the Victorian average and $663 below the national figure.

Owning & renting

How homes are owned or rented.

The most common how homes are owned or rented is Owned outright at 0%, ahead of Owned with a mortgage (0%).

Types of homes

Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.

There are 0.80 people per bedroom in the area, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national totals.

0.80

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.30
  • 2021: 0.80

Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.

Types of homes

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In Doctors Flat, Separate house is the majority at 100%.

Bedrooms per home

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In Doctors Flat, the largest group is 2 bedrooms at 45%, followed by 3 bedrooms (27%) and 4 bedrooms (27%).

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 Doctors Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20767/doctors-flat/topic/housing-dwellings