$300 ▲ +30.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $230
- 2016: $250
- 2021: $300
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Kalbar · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Low housing costs define Kalbar, where the typical monthly mortgage is well below the national figure. This is a place of detached homes and high owner-occupancy, with nearly half of all residents owning their houses outright.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Kalbar — higher than 57% of areas.
| Kalbar | $300 |
|---|---|
| 4309, QLD | $300 |
| Queensland | $365 |
| Australia | $375 |
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
The typical monthly home-loan payment is $1,363, which is well below the Queensland figure. Weekly rents are also lower than average, with a typical cost of $300.
$300 ▲ +30.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,363 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Kalbar, $200–$349 is the majority at 71%; $350–$549 is next at 24%.
In Kalbar, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 54%; Under $1,000 is next at 21%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Owning a home outright is far more common here than in the rest of the state, at 44.2%. Meanwhile, the proportion of households renting is far below the national figure at 17.8%.
17.8% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
44.2% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Kalbar, the largest group is Owned outright at 45%, followed by Owned with a mortgage (36%) and Rented (18%).
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 98.4% of the market, a figure far above the national average. Most of these are large family homes, with 88% having three or more bedrooms.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
98.4% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
88.0% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Kalbar, Separate house is the majority at 99%; Other dwelling is next at 1%.
In Kalbar, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 46%, followed by 4 bedrooms (35%) and 2 bedrooms (9%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Kalbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31471/kalbar/topic/housing-dwellings