$96 —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Tarrawarra · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Every single home in Tarrawarra is a separate house, making it a community of detached dwellings. This is a place of high home ownership where the typical monthly mortgage is far above the national figure, though many residents own their homes outright.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tarrawarra — lower than 95% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Monthly mortgage payments are among the highest for areas like this, typically $3,000. In contrast, the typical weekly rent is just $96, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
$96 —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$3,000 —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
How homes are owned or rented.
Ownership is very common here, with 73.9% of homes owned outright—far above the national figure of 31%. This helps explain why there are no renting households in the area.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
73.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Tarrawarra, Owned outright is the majority at 81%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 19%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Large homes are the norm, with 87% having three or more bedrooms. Because the area consists entirely of separate houses and many have five or more bedrooms, there are fewer people per bedroom than in most other areas.
0.70 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
87.0% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Tarrawarra, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Tarrawarra, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 45%, followed by 5 or more (35%) and 4 bedrooms (20%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Tarrawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22457/tarrawarra/topic/housing-dwellings