$400 ▲ +60.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $250
- 2016: $355
- 2021: $400
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Traralgon East · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Nearly every home in Traralgon East is a separate house, with a huge 99.4% of dwellings being detached. This makes it a place dominated by large family properties, where almost half of all residents own their homes outright.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Traralgon East — higher than 82% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rent here is $400, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian figure of $370. Meanwhile, the typical monthly home loan payment is $1,700, slightly below the national figure.
$400 ▲ +60.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,700 ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Traralgon East, $350–$549 is the majority at 77%; $200–$349 is next at 23%.
In Traralgon East, the largest group is $1,000–$1,799 at 41%, followed by $1,800–$2,999 (32%) and Under $1,000 (14%).
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very high in Traralgon East, where 47.1% of homes are owned outright, far above the national figure of 31%. In contrast, only 5.1% of households rent, which is far below the Victorian average of 28.5%.
5.1% ▼ -31.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
47.1% ▲ +30.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Traralgon East splits fairly evenly between Owned outright (47%) and Owned with a mortgage (45%), with Rented at 5%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Large homes are the norm here, with 95.4% having three or more bedrooms, far above the national figure of 73.8%. Because houses are so large, there are only 0.70 people per bedroom, which is lower than most areas.
0.70 ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
99.4% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
95.4% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Traralgon East, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Traralgon East, 4 bedrooms is the majority at 52%; 3 bedrooms is next at 36%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Traralgon East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22570/traralgon-east/topic/housing-dwellings