$170 ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $150
- 2016: $150
- 2021: $170
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Tresco · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Very low living costs define daily life in Tresco, where typical monthly mortgage payments are just $930. This makes housing far more affordable than in the rest of the state or country. Most people here live in detached houses and have a high rate of outright home ownership.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tresco — lower than 82% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rent is only $170, which is far below the national figure of $375. Mortgage costs are also much lower than most areas, with 60.9% of households paying under $1,000 a month.
$170 ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$930 ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Tresco, Under $200 is the majority at 100%.
In Tresco, Under $1,000 is the majority at 58%; $1,000–$1,799 is next at 42%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Renting is uncommon here, with only 5.1% of households renting, a figure far below the Victorian average. Meanwhile, 39% of homes are owned outright, which is well above the Australian figure of 31%.
5.1% ▼ -77.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
39.0% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Tresco splits fairly evenly between Owned outright (43%) and Owned with a mortgage (43%), with Other tenure at 8%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 91.5% of all homes, far above the national figure of 72.3%. While 69.5% of homes have three or more bedrooms, this is actually lower than in most other areas.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
91.5% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
69.5% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Tresco, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 43%, followed by 4 bedrooms (33%) and 5 or more (13%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Tresco [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22579/tresco/topic/housing-dwellings