$400 ▲ +769.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $46
- 2016: $210
- 2021: $400
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Modewarre · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Every single home in Modewarre is a separate house, making it a place defined by detached living. This housing style is far more common here than in the rest of Victoria, where only 73.4% of homes are standalone houses.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Modewarre — higher than 82% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rents are $400, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian figure. Monthly home-loan payments usually sit at $1,842, about the same as the state and national averages.
$400 ▲ +769.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,842 ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Modewarre splits fairly evenly between $1,000–$1,799 (30%) and $1,800–$2,999 (27%), with $3,000 or more at 24%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very high, with 43.8% of homes owned outright—far above the national figure of 31.0%. Only 6.7% of households are renting, which is much lower than most areas and far below the Victorian average.
6.7% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
43.8% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Modewarre splits fairly evenly between Owned outright (48%) and Owned with a mortgage (44%), with Rented at 7%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Large homes are the norm here, with 95.5% having three or more bedrooms, far above the national figure of 73.8%. Because almost all dwellings are separate houses, the typical person has slightly more than one bedroom to themselves.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% → 0.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
95.5% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Modewarre, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Modewarre splits fairly evenly between 3 bedrooms (44%) and 4 bedrooms (41%), with 5 or more at 9%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Modewarre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21715/modewarre/topic/housing-dwellings