$85 —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Nareen · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
A high rate of outright home ownership shapes daily life in Nareen, where over half of all residents own their homes without a mortgage. This stability is paired with some of the lowest rental costs in the region and a housing stock made up entirely of detached houses.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Nareen — lower than 96% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rents are just $85, which is far below the Victorian figure of $370. Meanwhile, the usual monthly home-loan payment is $1,600, slightly lower than the national figure of $1,863.
$85 —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,600 ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Nareen, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 100%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Owning a home outright is very common here at 53.3%, which is far above the Australian average of 31%. Only 10% of households rent, a figure far below both the state and national levels.
10.0% ▼ -42.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
53.3% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Nareen, Owned outright is the majority at 59%; Other tenure is next at 19%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Every single home in Nareen is a separate house, with 80% having three or more bedrooms. Despite these larger homes, there are fewer people per bedroom (0.70) than in most other areas.
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.
80.0% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Nareen, 3 bedrooms is the majority at 54%; 4 bedrooms is next at 33%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Nareen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21882/nareen/topic/housing-dwellings