$260 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Toolleen · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Toolleen's housing profile sits around the middle for similar areas, though it is defined by a complete absence of apartments or townhouses. Every single home in the area is a separate house, with 80.8% of these having three or more bedrooms.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Toolleen — lower than 57% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rent is $260, which is well below the $375 national figure. Monthly mortgage payments are also a little below the national and state averages, with the usual payment being $1,517.
$260 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,517 ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Toolleen, $200–$349 is the majority at 100%.
In Toolleen, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 52%; $1,800–$2,999 is next at 28%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Owning homes outright is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, at 41%. This helps explain why the rental rate is so low, at just 7.7%, which is far below the national figure of 30.6%.
7.7% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
41.0% ▼ -32.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Toolleen splits fairly evenly between Owned outright (43%) and Owned with a mortgage (40%), with Not stated at 9%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 100% of the local housing stock, far above the national figure of 72.3%. Most homes are spacious, with 80.8% containing 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.
80.8% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Toolleen, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Toolleen, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 41%, followed by 2 bedrooms (23%) and 4 bedrooms (20%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Toolleen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22538/toolleen/topic/housing-dwellings