$140 ▲ +460.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $25
- 2021: $140
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Wartook · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Wartook
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Very low living costs make Wartook an affordable place to live. Most residents own their homes outright, which means they avoid the high rents and mortgage payments common in other parts of the country.
$140
▲ +460.0%
- $0–$25: 37 areas
- $25–$50: 86 areas
- $50–$75: 199 areas
- $75–$100: 214 areas
- $100–$125: 525 areas
- $125–$150: 343 areas
- $150–$175: 699 areas
- $175–$200: 597 areas
- $200–$225: 1183 areas
- $225–$250: 724 areas
- $250–$275: 1277 areas
- $275–$300: 787 areas
- $300–$325: 1282 areas
- $325–$350: 618 areas
- $350–$375: 935 areas
- $375–$400: 570 areas
- $400–$425: 763 areas
- $425–$450: 288 areas
- $450–$475: 415 areas
- $475–$500: 176 areas
- $500–$525: 204 areas
- $525–$550: 79 areas
- $550–$575: 125 areas
- $575–$600: 70 areas
- $600–$625: 97 areas
- $625–$650: 21 areas
- $650–$675: 54 areas
- $675–$700: 145 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wartook — lower than 88% of areas.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly mortgage payments are just $1,120, which is far below the Victorian figure of $1,859. Weekly rent is also much lower than most areas, sitting at only $140.
$1,120 ▲ +14.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $975
- 2016: $1,375
- 2021: $1,120
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →In Wartook, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 100%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very high here, with 71% of homes owned outright—far above the national figure of 31%. In contrast, no households in the area are renting.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
71.0% ▲ +24.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 71.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →In Wartook, Owned outright is the majority at 81%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 19%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 96.8% of dwellings, a figure far above the Australian average of 72.3%. Most homes are large, with 80.6% having three or more bedrooms.
0.70 ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.10
- 2016: 0.90
- 2021: 0.70
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
96.8% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 96.6%
- 2016: 75.8%
- 2021: 96.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
80.6% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.0%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 80.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Types of homes
View on map →In Wartook, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In Wartook, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 49%, followed by 1 bedroom (14%) and 2 bedrooms (14%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Wartook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22713/wartook/topic/housing-dwellings