$260 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $50
- 2021: $260
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Scotts Creek · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Scotts Creek
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Every single home in Scotts Creek is a separate house, making it one of the most detached-housing areas in the region. This rural character is matched by very low living costs, with typical monthly mortgage payments sitting far below state and national figures.
$260
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- $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 Scotts Creek — lower than 57% of areas.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly mortgage payments are just $800, which is far below the Victorian figure of $1,859. Weekly rents are also much lower than elsewhere, sitting at $260 compared to $370 in Victoria.
$800 ▲ +35.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $590
- 2016: $1,551
- 2021: $800
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Weekly rent distribution
View on map →In Scotts Creek, $200–$349 is the majority at 100%.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →In Scotts Creek, Under $1,000 is the majority at 84%; $1,800–$2,999 is next at 16%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is strong here, with 37% of homes owned outright, a figure well above the national average. This is consistent with a very low rental rate of 12.3%, which is far below the Victorian figure of 28.5%.
12.3% ▼ -50.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
37.0% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →Scotts Creek splits fairly evenly between Owned outright (34%) and Owned with a mortgage (33%), with Other tenure at 15%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Large homes dominate the landscape, as 93.2% of houses have three or more bedrooms. This is far above the national figure of 73.8%, with separate houses making up 100% of all dwellings.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.10
- 2016: 0.80
- 2021: 0.80
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: 95.1%
- 2021: 100.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
93.2% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 93.6%
- 2016: 87.7%
- 2021: 93.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Types of homes
View on map →In Scotts Creek, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In Scotts Creek, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 47%, followed by 4 bedrooms (37%) and 2 bedrooms (9%).
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 Scotts Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22245/scotts-creek/topic/housing-dwellings