$250 ▲ +35.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $185
- 2016: $245
- 2021: $250
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Snake Valley · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Separate houses make up 98.4% of all homes in Snake Valley, making it an area almost entirely of detached dwellings. This is a low-cost housing market where typical mortgage payments and rents are well below the state and national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Snake Valley — lower than 60% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly mortgage payments are $1,275, which is well below the $1,859 typical in Victoria. Weekly rents are also much lower than the state and national figures, with the usual rent being $250.
$250 ▲ +35.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,275 ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Snake Valley, Under $200 is the majority at 54%; $200–$349 is next at 31%.
In Snake Valley, the largest group is $1,000–$1,799 at 46%, followed by Under $1,000 (33%) and $1,800–$2,999 (20%).
How homes are owned or rented.
A small number of households rent here, at just 7.6%, which is far below the national figure of 30.6%. This is consistent with a high rate of home ownership, with 43.8% of homes owned outright.
7.6% ▲ +17.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
43.8% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Snake Valley splits fairly evenly between Owned with a mortgage (45%) and Owned outright (44%), with Rented at 8%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Almost every home is a separate house, a figure far above the 72.3% seen across Australia. About half of these homes have three bedrooms, while 19.4% have four.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
98.4% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
74.9% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Snake Valley, Separate house is the majority at 98%; Other dwelling is next at 2%.
In Snake Valley, 3 bedrooms is the majority at 52%; 4 bedrooms is next at 20%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Snake Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22301/snake-valley/topic/housing-dwellings