$261 ▲ +45.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $180
- 2016: $230
- 2021: $261
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Kialla West · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Separate houses make up 98.6% of all homes in Kialla West, meaning almost every resident lives in a detached house. This is a high-ownership area where nearly half the homes are owned outright, making it much more stable than the state or national average.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Kialla West — lower than 56% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rents of $261 are well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Mortgage payments are also a little lower than the state and national typicals, sitting at $1,664 a month.
$261 ▲ +45.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,664 ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Kialla West, $350–$549 is the majority at 100%.
Kialla West splits fairly evenly between $1,800–$2,999 (41%) and $1,000–$1,799 (36%), with Under $1,000 at 12%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very high here, with 45.4% of homes owned outright, which is far above the national figure of 31.0%. Only 6.4% of households rent, a rate far below that of most other areas.
6.4% ▼ -53.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
45.4% ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Kialla West splits fairly evenly between Owned outright (46%) and Owned with a mortgage (44%), with Rented at 6%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Large family homes dominate the landscape, as 93.6% of houses have three or more bedrooms. This is far above the Victorian average, with 46.1% of homes having exactly four bedrooms.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
98.6% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
93.6% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Kialla West, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Kialla West, the largest group is 4 bedrooms at 49%, followed by 3 bedrooms (39%) and 5 or more (11%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Kialla West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21342/kialla-west/topic/housing-dwellings