$225 ▲ +52.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $148
- 2016: $180
- 2021: $225
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Omeo · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Omeo
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Home ownership has remained a strong feature of Omeo, where more than half of all homes are owned outright. Housing costs here are far below the state and national figures, making it a much more affordable place to live than most other Australian areas.
$225
▲ +52.0%
- $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 Omeo — lower than 68% of areas.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly mortgage payments of $1,117 and weekly rents of $225 are both far below the Victorian and national figures. These costs are much lower than in most other similar areas.
$1,117 ▲ +28.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $867
- 2016: $960
- 2021: $1,117
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Weekly rent distribution
View on map →In Omeo, $200–$349 is the majority at 75%; Under $200 is next at 25%.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →Omeo splits fairly evenly between $1,000–$1,799 (46%) and Under $1,000 (43%), with $1,800–$2,999 at 11%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
Over half of Omeo's homes are owned outright, which is far above the national figure of 31%. Meanwhile, the share of households renting is far below both the state and national averages.
16.3% ▼ -41.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
50.6% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →In Omeo, Owned outright is the majority at 52%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 24%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 99.4% of all dwellings, a figure far above the national average. However, the share of homes with three or more bedrooms is well below that of the rest of Australia.
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.
99.4% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 92.4%
- 2016: 93.2%
- 2021: 99.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
69.4% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.3%
- 2016: 67.3%
- 2021: 69.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In Omeo, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 46%, followed by 2 bedrooms (22%) and 4 bedrooms (19%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Omeo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22011/omeo/topic/housing-dwellings