$250 ▲ +115.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $116
- 2016: $115
- 2021: $250
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Tooborac · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Much lower housing costs than the national average define Tooborac, where the typical monthly mortgage is $1,313. This is a place where separate houses make up every single home in the area. Most residents have strong security in their housing, with many owning their homes outright.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tooborac — lower than 60% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly mortgage payments are well below the Victorian figure by $546. Rent is also much lower than across Australia, with the usual weekly cost sitting at $250.
$250 ▲ +115.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,313 ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Tooborac, $200–$349 is the majority at 63%; Under $200 is next at 38%.
In Tooborac, the largest group is $1,000–$1,799 at 39%, followed by Under $1,000 (30%) and $1,800–$2,999 (23%).
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is high here, with 38.3% of homes owned outright, which is well above the national figure. Only 10% of households rent, a rate far below both the state and national levels.
10.0% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
38.3% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Tooborac splits fairly evenly between Owned with a mortgage (42%) and Owned outright (38%), with Rented at 10%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Every single home in Tooborac is a separate house, a figure far above the Victorian average. About 76% of these are larger homes with three or more bedrooms.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% → 0.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
75.8% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Tooborac, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Tooborac, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 50%, followed by 4 bedrooms (25%) and 2 bedrooms (19%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Tooborac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22533/tooborac/topic/housing-dwellings