$100 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Moorngag · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
A small number of detached houses make up the entire housing stock in Moorngag. It is an area where nearly half of the homes are owned outright, and renting is completely absent. This creates a stable residential profile with very low housing costs compared to the rest of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Moorngag — lower than 94% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rent is just $100, which is far below the Victoria and Australia figures. Monthly home loan payments are also a little below the national and state figures, sitting at $1,517.
$100 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,517 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Moorngag, the largest group is $1,800–$2,999 at 38%, followed by Under $1,000 (31%) and $1,000–$1,799 (31%).
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very high here, with 47.2% of homes owned outright—far above the national figure of 31%. This helps explain why 0% of households are renting, a rate far below both the state and national levels.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
47.2% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Moorngag, Owned outright is the majority at 55%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 45%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Every single home in Moorngag is a separate house, and 83.3% have three or more bedrooms. This is well above the national average, though there are slightly fewer people per bedroom than in most other areas.
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.
83.3% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Moorngag, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Moorngag, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 46%, followed by 4 bedrooms (24%) and 2 bedrooms (19%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Moorngag [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21753/moorngag/topic/housing-dwellings