$50 —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Sheep Hills · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Sheep Hills
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Monthly home loan payments of just $433 make Sheep Hills an area where housing costs are far below those seen in the rest of the state. The cost of living is notably low here, with both rents and mortgages sitting well under the national figures.
$50
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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 Sheep Hills — lower than 99% of areas.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rents are just $50, which is far below the Victorian figure of $370. Monthly mortgage payments are also among the lowest at this level, sitting at $433 compared to the $1,859 usually seen across Victoria.
$433 —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
The most common how homes are owned or rented is Owned with a mortgage at 70%, ahead of Owned outright (60%).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →In Sheep Hills, Owned with a mortgage is the majority at 54%; Owned outright is next at 46%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes here are very spacious for the number of people living in them, with only 0.60 people per bedroom. This is well below the Australian figure of 0.80.
0.60 —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.70
- 2021: 0.60
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
Types of homes
View on map →In Sheep Hills, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In Sheep Hills, 3 bedrooms is the majority at 100%.
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 Sheep Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22270/sheep-hills/topic/housing-dwellings