$200 —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Taroon · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
A typical monthly mortgage payment of $9,999 makes Taroon a place with exceptionally high home-loan costs. While debt is high for some, the area is also very affordable for renters, with typical weekly rents far below both state and national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Taroon — lower than 75% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly home-loan payments are far above the Victorian figure, while weekly rents are much lower than most areas at just $200.
$200 —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$9,999 —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
How homes are owned or rented.
The most common how homes are owned or rented is Other tenure at 31%, ahead of Owned with a mortgage (23%).
In Taroon, Other tenure is the majority at 57%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 43%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes here are less crowded than usual, with 0.70 people per bedroom, which is a little below the national figure of 0.80.
0.70 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
In Taroon, 4 bedrooms is the majority at 73%; 3 bedrooms is next at 27%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Taroon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22453/taroon/topic/housing-dwellings