$75 —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Skinners Flat · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
A typical weekly rent of just $75 makes Skinners Flat one of the most affordable places to live in the region. This starkly low cost of housing stands out against both state and national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Skinners Flat — lower than 98% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Weekly rents here are far below the Victorian average of $370 and the national figure of $375, sitting among the lowest for similar areas.
$75 —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
How homes are owned or rented.
The most common how homes are owned or rented is Owned outright at 0%, ahead of Owned with a mortgage (0%).
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
The number of people per bedroom is 0.80, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.80 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
In Skinners Flat, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Skinners Flat, 3 bedrooms is the majority at 100%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Skinners Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22289/skinners-flat/topic/housing-dwellings