$300 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Timor West · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Lower living costs define daily life in Timor West, where the typical weekly rent is $300. This is well below the national figure, making housing here more affordable than in most other parts of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Timor West — higher than 57% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
The typical weekly rent of $300 is a little below the Victorian average of $370 and sits around the middle for similar areas.
$300 —
Higher than 57% 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 33%, ahead of Owned with a mortgage (0%).
In Timor West, Owned outright is the majority at 100%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes in the area are more crowded than usual, with 0.90 people per bedroom, which is a little above the figure for both Victoria and Australia.
0.90 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
In Timor West, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Timor West, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 43%, followed by 2 bedrooms (36%) and 4 bedrooms (21%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Timor West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22520/timor-west/topic/housing-dwellings