$325 —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Kardella South · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Every single home in Kardella South is a separate house. This creates a residential landscape dominated by large family homes, with 90.5% of dwellings having three or more bedrooms.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Kardella South — higher than 64% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly mortgage payments are $1,873, which is higher than most similar areas. Weekly rents are also higher than most similar areas at $325, though this is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
$325 —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,873 —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Kardella South, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 53%; $1,800–$2,999 is next at 47%.
How homes are owned or rented.
No one in the area rents their home, which is far below state and national levels. Instead, 38.1% of homes are owned outright—a figure well above the Australian average—while 54.8% are owned with a mortgage.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
38.1% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Kardella South, the largest group is Owned with a mortgage at 48%, followed by Owned outright (33%) and Other tenure (13%).
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Detached houses make up 100% of the housing stock, far above the national figure of 72.3%. Most of these are large, with 42.9% having four bedrooms and 47.6% having three.
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.
90.5% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Kardella South, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Kardella South splits fairly evenly between 3 bedrooms (45%) and 4 bedrooms (41%), with 2 bedrooms at 14%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Kardella South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21301/kardella-south/topic/housing-dwellings