$175 ▲ +250.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $50
- 2021: $175
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Watchem · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Watchem
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Separate houses make up 86.0% of the dwellings in Watchem. This is a place where housing is remarkably affordable and many people own their homes without a mortgage. Typical costs for both renting and loan payments are far below the national figures.
$175
▲ +250.0%
- $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 Watchem — lower than 81% of areas.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Housing is very cheap here, with typical weekly rents at $175 and typical monthly home-loan payments of $477. Both figures are far below the national and state totals.
$477 ▼ -63.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,300
- 2016: $439
- 2021: $477
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →In Watchem, Under $1,000 is the majority at 100%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
More than half of all homes (52.0%) are owned outright, which is far above the national figure. Only 12.0% of households rent, a rate far below that of Victoria and Australia.
12.0% ▲ +23.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
52.0% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.5%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →In Watchem, Owned outright is the majority at 60%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 26%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Large homes are common, as 78.0% of dwellings have three or more bedrooms. Despite this, people per bedroom (0.70) is a little below the national figure of 0.80.
0.70 ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.10
- 2016: 0.70
- 2021: 0.70
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
86.0% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 100.0%
- 2016: 93.5%
- 2021: 86.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
78.0% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 89.0%
- 2016: 78.3%
- 2021: 78.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Types of homes
View on map →In Watchem, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In Watchem, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 50%, followed by 4 bedrooms (35%) and 2 bedrooms (15%).
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 Watchem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22714/watchem/topic/housing-dwellings