$100 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
St Helens · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in St Helens
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
A massive gap in housing costs separates St Helens from the rest of the state, where typical rents are far lower than the national figure. This sparsely populated area offers a very affordable landscape compared to the same-sized places across Victoria.
$100
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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 St Helens — lower than 94% of areas.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rent here is just $100, which is among the lowest for similar areas and far below the Victorian figure of $370.
Weekly rent distribution
View on map →In St Helens, Under $200 is the majority at 100%.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →In St Helens, Under $1,000 is the majority at 100%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
The most common how homes are owned or rented is Owned outright at 31%, ahead of Owned with a mortgage (25%).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →In St Helens, the largest group is Owned outright at 31%, followed by Owned with a mortgage (25%) and Other tenure (25%).
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes are less crowded than most, with only 0.60 people per bedroom, a figure well below the national and state average of 0.80.
0.60 —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.60
- 2021: 0.60
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
Types of homes
View on map →In St Helens, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In St Helens, the largest group is 4 bedrooms at 47%, followed by 2 bedrooms (27%) and 3 bedrooms (27%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in St Helens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22340/st-helens/topic/housing-dwellings