$170 ▲ +88.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $90
- 2016: $164
- 2021: $170
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Toorloo Arm · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Rents as low as $170 a week are common in Toorloo Arm, where housing costs are far below the national average. This sparsely populated area is dominated by detached houses, with a high proportion of residents owning their homes outright compared to the rest of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Toorloo Arm — lower than 82% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rents are much lower than most areas, sitting at $170, which is far below the Victorian figure of $370. Monthly mortgage payments are also well below the national average, with the typical payment being $1,372.
$170 ▲ +88.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,372 ▲ +251.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Toorloo Arm, Under $200 is the majority at 100%.
In Toorloo Arm, the largest group is $1,000–$1,799 at 45%, followed by Under $1,000 (33%) and $3,000 or more (12%).
How homes are owned or rented.
A large share of the community owns their homes outright at 36.6%, which is well above the Australian figure of 31.0%. Meanwhile, the 22.2% of households that rent is well below the state average.
22.2% ▼ -73.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
36.6% ▲ —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Toorloo Arm splits fairly evenly between Owned outright (38%) and Owned with a mortgage (36%), with Rented at 23%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 93.5% of the local stock, a figure far above the Victorian average of 73.4%. While most homes are detached, the 69.9% of houses with three or more bedrooms is well below the national figure.
0.80 ▼ -46.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
93.5% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
69.9% ▲ +28.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Toorloo Arm, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Toorloo Arm, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 46%, followed by 4 bedrooms (23%) and 2 bedrooms (17%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Toorloo Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22548/toorloo-arm/topic/housing-dwellings