$200 —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $150
- 2021: $200
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Murrawee · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Much lower housing costs make Murrawee a very affordable place to live. Every single home in the area is a separate house, with nearly all of them having three or more bedrooms.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Murrawee — lower than 75% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Weekly rent is far below the national figure at just $200. Typical monthly home-loan payments are also well below the state and national averages, sitting at $1,454.
$200 —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,454 —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Murrawee, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 67%; $1,800–$2,999 is next at 21%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is strong here, with 43.2% of homes owned outright, which is far above the Victorian average. Only 11.4% of households are renting, a figure far below the state and national levels.
11.4% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
43.2% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Murrawee splits fairly evenly between Owned with a mortgage (45%) and Owned outright (43%), with Rented at 11%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
The area consists entirely of separate houses, with 97.7% of homes having three or more bedrooms. This is far above the national figure, though the number of people per bedroom is about the same as the rest of Australia.
0.80 —
Lower than 57% 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.
97.7% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Murrawee, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Murrawee splits fairly evenly between 3 bedrooms (47%) and 4 bedrooms (42%), with 5 or more at 12%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Murrawee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21842/murrawee/topic/housing-dwellings