$80 ▲ +33.3%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $60
- 2016: $73
- 2021: $80
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Quambatook · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Typical monthly mortgage payments of just $700 make Quambatook a very affordable place to live. This is a community where home ownership is the norm and housing costs sit far below state and national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Quambatook — lower than 97% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Rental and mortgage costs are among the lowest at this level. Weekly rent is typically only $80, which is far below the Victorian figure of $370.
$80 ▲ +33.3%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$700 ▲ +22.8%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Quambatook, Under $200 is the majority at 100%.
In Quambatook, Under $1,000 is the majority at 67%; $1,000–$1,799 is next at 33%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very high here, with 69.1% of homes owned outright, which is far above the national figure of 31%. Only 10% of households rent, a rate far below most other areas.
10.0% ▼ -48.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
69.1% ▲ +26.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Quambatook, Owned outright is the majority at 71%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 14%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 93.6% of all homes, a figure far above the state average. While 78.2% of homes have three or more bedrooms, there are typically only 0.6 people per bedroom, which is well below the Australian average.
0.60 ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
93.6% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
78.2% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Quambatook, Separate house is the majority at 97%; Townhouse / semi-detached is next at 3%.
In Quambatook, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 46%, followed by 4 bedrooms (27%) and 2 bedrooms (18%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Quambatook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22131/quambatook/topic/housing-dwellings