$200 ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $250
- 2016: $277
- 2021: $200
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Newham · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Newham
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Separate houses make up 100% of the homes in Newham, creating a landscape of large, detached properties. This is a place where home ownership is very common, with nearly half of all residents owning their homes outright.
$200
▼ -20.0%
- $0–$25: 37 areas
- $25–$50: 86 areas
- $50–$75: 199 areas
- $75–$100: 214 areas
- $100–$125: 525 areas
- $125–$150: 343 areas
- $150–$175: 699 areas
- $175–$200: 597 areas
- $200–$225: 1183 areas
- $225–$250: 724 areas
- $250–$275: 1277 areas
- $275–$300: 787 areas
- $300–$325: 1282 areas
- $325–$350: 618 areas
- $350–$375: 935 areas
- $375–$400: 570 areas
- $400–$425: 763 areas
- $425–$450: 288 areas
- $450–$475: 415 areas
- $475–$500: 176 areas
- $500–$525: 204 areas
- $525–$550: 79 areas
- $550–$575: 125 areas
- $575–$600: 70 areas
- $600–$625: 97 areas
- $625–$650: 21 areas
- $650–$675: 54 areas
- $675–$700: 145 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Newham — lower than 75% of areas.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly mortgage payments are $2,409, which is well above the national figure of $1,863. In contrast, weekly rents are far below the Victorian average, sitting at just $200.
$2,409 ▲ +46.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,640
- 2016: $1,896
- 2021: $2,409
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Weekly rent distribution
View on map →In Newham, $200–$349 is the majority at 100%.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →Newham splits fairly evenly between $1,800–$2,999 (31%) and $3,000 or more (31%), with $1,000–$1,799 at 22%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very high here, with 46% of homes owned outright, far above the same figure for Australia (31%). Only 7.4% of households rent, which is much lower than most other areas.
7.4% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
46.0% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →Newham splits fairly evenly between Owned outright (45%) and Owned with a mortgage (41%), with Rented at 7%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes here are generally large and spacious, with 87.6% having three or more bedrooms. Because every home is a separate house, there are fewer people per bedroom (0.70) than the national figure.
0.70 ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.10
- 2016: 0.80
- 2021: 0.70
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% → 0.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 100.0%
- 2016: 100.0%
- 2021: 100.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
87.6% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 84.6%
- 2016: 85.0%
- 2021: 87.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In Newham, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 48%, followed by 4 bedrooms (28%) and 2 bedrooms (12%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Newham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21927/newham/topic/housing-dwellings