$145 —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $70
- 2021: $145
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Maroona · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Every single home in Maroona is a separate house, making it an area of exclusively detached dwellings. This creates a landscape of large family homes where housing costs are well below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Maroona — lower than 87% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rents are far below the national figure at just $145. Similarly, the usual monthly home loan payment is $1,257, which is well below the Victorian average of $1,859.
$145 —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,257 —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Maroona, Under $200 is the majority at 100%.
In Maroona, $1,800–$2,999 is the majority at 100%.
How homes are owned or rented.
A high proportion of residents own their homes outright at 44.4%, which is far above the national rate of 31%. Only 14.8% of households rent, a figure far below the Victorian average.
14.8% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
44.4% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Maroona splits fairly evenly between Owned outright (44%) and Owned with a mortgage (41%), with Rented at 15%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes here are larger than most, with 100% of dwellings having three or more bedrooms. Because of this, the number of people per bedroom is a little below the Australian 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.
100.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Maroona, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Maroona, the largest group is 4 bedrooms at 48%, followed by 3 bedrooms (39%) and 2 bedrooms (12%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Maroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21613/maroona/topic/housing-dwellings