$201 ▲ +48.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $135
- 2016: $183
- 2021: $201
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Horn · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
A massive gap in renting patterns marks Horn, where 70.5% of households rent their homes. This is far above the national figure and highlights a housing landscape very different from the rest of the country. While rental prices are quite low, the area struggles with a shortage of larger family homes.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Horn — lower than 74% of areas.
| Horn | $201 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | $148 |
| Queensland | $365 |
| Australia | $375 |
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rents are far below the Queensland figure at just $201. In contrast, those with mortgages face much higher costs, with typical monthly payments of $2,875, which is well above the national average.
$201 ▲ +48.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$2,875 ▲ +43.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Horn splits fairly evenly between $200–$349 (43%) and Under $200 (42%), with $350–$549 at 10%.
Horn splits fairly evenly between $1,800–$2,999 (50%) and $3,000 or more (50%).
How homes are owned or rented.
Renting is the dominant option here, with 70.5% of homes rented, a figure far above the Australian average. Only 13.3% of homes are owned outright, which is far below both the state and national levels.
70.5% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
13.3% ▲ +46.8%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Horn, Rented is the majority at 68%; Owned outright is next at 13%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes in Horn are more crowded than usual, with 1.2 people per bedroom compared to the national figure of 0.8. This is consistent with a lack of larger homes, as only 56.6% have three or more bedrooms, far below the Queensland average.
1.20 ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
71.1% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
56.6% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Horn, Separate house is the majority at 74%; Townhouse / semi-detached is next at 19%.
Horn splits fairly evenly between 3 bedrooms (33%) and 2 bedrooms (29%), with 4 bedrooms at 16%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Horn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31359/horn/topic/housing-dwellings