$75 —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Mount Eccles · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Separate houses make up 90.9% of all homes in Mount Eccles, far above the national figure. This is a place where most people own their homes and live in large houses, with very few renters.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Eccles — lower than 98% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Weekly rent is far below the state and national figures, at just $75. The typical monthly home loan payment is $1,625, which is a little below the Victorian average.
$75 —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,625 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Mount Eccles splits fairly evenly between $1,000–$1,799 (50%) and $1,800–$2,999 (50%).
How homes are owned or rented.
Renting is far less common here than in the rest of the country, at only 11.4%. Meanwhile, 34.1% of homes are owned outright, which is well above the Australian average.
11.4% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
34.1% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Mount Eccles, Owned with a mortgage is the majority at 53%; Owned outright is next at 35%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Large homes are the norm, with 93.2% of houses having three or more bedrooms, far above the Victorian average. Most of these are separate houses, and there are no flats or apartments in the area.
0.80 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
90.9% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
93.2% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Mount Eccles, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Mount Eccles, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 43%, followed by 4 bedrooms (31%) and 2 bedrooms (16%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Mount Eccles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21791/mount-eccles/topic/housing-dwellings