$150 ▲ +100.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $75
- 2016: $63
- 2021: $150
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Munro · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Every single home in Munro is a separate house, making it an area entirely dominated by detached dwellings. Housing is very affordable here, with typical rents and mortgage payments sitting well below the state and national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Munro — lower than 86% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rent is just $150, which is far below the national figure of $375. Similarly, the usual monthly home-loan payment of $1,484 is well below the Victorian average of $1,859.
$150 ▲ +100.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,484 ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Munro, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 56%; Under $1,000 is next at 25%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very high, with 60% of homes owned outright—a figure far above the Australian average of 31%. This helps explain why the rental rate is so low at only 5.5%.
5.5% ▼ -58.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
60.0% ▲ +63.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Munro, Owned outright is the majority at 61%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 33%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
The housing stock consists exclusively of separate houses, with 76.4% of these having three or more bedrooms. Because of this, the number of people per bedroom is slightly lower than the national figure.
0.70 ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 86% 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.
76.4% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Munro, 3 bedrooms is the majority at 54%; 4 bedrooms is next at 21%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Munro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21830/munro/topic/housing-dwellings