$135 ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $120
- 2016: $140
- 2021: $135
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Wemen · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Wemen
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Every single home in Wemen is a separate detached house, making it an area of exclusively standalone dwellings. While the housing stock is overwhelmingly large, there is a striking contrast in costs, where typical mortgage payments are a little above the national figure but weekly rents are far below it.
$135
▲ +12.5%
- $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 Wemen — lower than 89% of areas.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
The typical weekly rent is just $135, which is far below the Victorian figure of $370. In contrast, typical monthly home loan payments are $2,167, a little above the national figure.
$2,167 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $2,000
- 2021: $2,167
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Weekly rent distribution
View on map →In Wemen, Under $200 is the majority at 62%; $200–$349 is next at 24%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
Renting is very common here, with 45.0% of households renting, a figure far above the national average of 30.6%. This is alongside a higher than average 35.0% of homes being owned outright.
45.0% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.5%
- 2016: 46.5%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
35.0% ▲ +38.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →In Wemen, the largest group is Rented at 44%, followed by Owned outright (34%) and Other tenure (12%).
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Large homes dominate the landscape, as 95.0% of dwellings have three or more bedrooms, which is far above the Victorian figure. This helps explain why the number of people per bedroom is higher than in most areas.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.10
- 2016: 0.60
- 2021: 0.80
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 91.3%
- 2016: 74.4%
- 2021: 100.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
95.0% ▲ +48.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.0%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 95.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Types of homes
View on map →In Wemen, Separate house is the majority at 91%; Other dwelling is next at 9%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In Wemen, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 40%, followed by 5 or more (26%) and 4 bedrooms (24%).
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 Wemen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22744/wemen/topic/housing-dwellings