Oyster Creek · Suburb / Locality

Housing & Dwellings in Oyster Creek

Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.

More people share each bedroom in Oyster Creek than in most similar areas. This sparsely populated place sees homes used more intensively than the state and national norms, though monthly mortgage costs remain typical for the region.

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📍 Oyster Creek, Suburb / Locality

Housing costs

Rents, mortgages and crowding.

The typical monthly home loan payment is $1,700. This is about the same as the Queensland figure of $1,733 and a little below the Australian average of $1,863.

$1,700 —

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: $799
  • 2021: $1,700

Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.

Owning & renting

How homes are owned or rented.

The most common how homes are owned or rented is Owned with a mortgage at 47%, ahead of Owned outright (35%).

How homes are owned or rented

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In Oyster Creek, Owned with a mortgage is the majority at 57%; Owned outright is next at 43%.

Types of homes

Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.

Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 1.00 person per bedroom. This is well above the figure for both Queensland and Australia, which both sit at 0.80.

1.00 —

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.30
  • 2021: 1.00

Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.

Types of homes

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In Oyster Creek, Separate house is the majority at 100%.

Bedrooms per home

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In Oyster Creek, the largest group is 2 bedrooms at 46%, followed by 3 bedrooms (31%) and 1 bedroom (23%).

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 Oyster Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32244/oyster-creek/topic/housing-dwellings