$300 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $235
- 2021: $300
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Killarney · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Every single home in Killarney is a separate house, making it an area dominated by detached dwellings. This residential pattern is far more common here than across Victoria or Australia, where a variety of housing types usually exist.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Killarney — higher than 57% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Housing costs are notably low, with the typical monthly mortgage payment of $1,300 sitting well below the national figure of $1,863. Weekly rents are also a little below the state average at $300.
$300 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,300 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Killarney, $200–$349 is the majority at 100%.
In Killarney, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 69%; Under $1,000 is next at 31%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very strong in Killarney, where 53.5% of homes are owned outright, far above the national figure of 31%. Meanwhile, renting is much less common than in most areas, at just 7%.
7.0% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
53.5% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Killarney, Owned outright is the majority at 51%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 32%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes here tend to be larger than average, with 84.5% having three or more bedrooms. This helps explain why the number of people per bedroom is a little below the national figure of 0.80.
0.70 —
Lower than 86% 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.
84.5% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Killarney, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Killarney, the largest group is 4 bedrooms at 40%, followed by 3 bedrooms (35%) and 2 bedrooms (11%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Killarney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21348/killarney/topic/housing-dwellings