$250 ▲ +78.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $140
- 2016: $160
- 2021: $250
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Mount Pelion · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Every single home in Mount Pelion is a separate house, making for a landscape of detached dwellings where nearly half of all residents own their place outright. This creates a residential feel that differs sharply from the state and national patterns of renting and apartment living.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Pelion — lower than 60% of areas.
| Mount Pelion | $250 |
|---|---|
| 4741, QLD | $250 |
| Queensland | $365 |
| Australia | $375 |
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rents here are $250, which is well below the Queensland figure of $365. Meanwhile, the typical monthly home-loan payment is $1,733, about the same as both the state and national figures.
$250 ▲ +78.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,733 ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Mount Pelion, $200–$349 is the majority at 100%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Owning a home outright is far more common here than in the rest of the country, with 48.3% of homes fully paid off. This helps explain why the share of households renting is far below the national figure of 30.6%.
17.2% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
48.3% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Mount Pelion, Owned outright is the majority at 52%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 30%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Detached houses make up 100% of the housing stock, far above the national average of 72.3%. While homes with three or more bedrooms are a little below the national figure, there are more people per bedroom here than in most other areas.
1.00 ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
72.4% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Mount Pelion, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Mount Pelion, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 39%, followed by 4 bedrooms (29%) and 1 bedroom (19%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Mount Pelion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32011/mount-pelion/topic/housing-dwellings