$185 ▲ +54.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $120
- 2016: $160
- 2021: $185
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Yelta · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Weekly rents far below the national figure mark Yelta as a very affordable place to live. Almost every home here is a separate house, and costs for both renting and mortgages stay well under the state and national typicals.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Yelta — lower than 78% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rent is just $185, which is far below the Victorian figure of $370. Home-loan payments are also much lower than most areas, with the typical monthly payment sitting at $1,400.
$185 ▲ +54.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,400 ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Yelta, Under $200 is the majority at 58%; $350–$549 is next at 42%.
In Yelta, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 59%; $1,800–$2,999 is next at 22%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Owning a home is common here, as 38.1% of houses are owned outright, which is well above the national figure. Very few households rent, at only 5.3%, a rate far below the Australian average.
5.3% ▼ -54.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
38.1% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Yelta splits fairly evenly between Owned with a mortgage (47%) and Owned outright (42%), with Rented at 6%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 94.7% of all homes, which is far above the state average. These are typically large properties, with 80.5% of homes having three or more bedrooms.
0.80 ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
94.7% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
80.5% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Yelta, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 40%, followed by 4 bedrooms (33%) and 2 bedrooms (12%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Yelta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22926/yelta/topic/housing-dwellings