$440 —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $207
- 2021: $440
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Seventy Mile · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Every single home in Seventy Mile is a separate house, making it a purely detached residential area. This landscape is dominated by large family homes and very low rental activity, with the typical weekly rent of $440 sitting well above the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Seventy Mile — higher than 87% of areas.
| Seventy Mile | $440 |
|---|---|
| 4820, QLD | $220 |
| Queensland | $365 |
| Australia | $375 |
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Weekly rent is $440, which is much higher than most similar areas. Meanwhile, the typical monthly mortgage payment is $1,600, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
$440 —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,600 ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Seventy Mile, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 57%; $3,000 or more is next at 30%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Renting is very uncommon here, with only 4.7% of households renting, a figure far below the national average. Home ownership is strong, and 34.4% of homes are owned outright, which is well above the Australian figure.
4.7% ▼ -77.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
34.4% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Seventy Mile splits fairly evenly between Owned with a mortgage (44%) and Owned outright (40%), with Other tenure at 11%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
The area is defined by large homes, as 84.4% have three or more bedrooms, far above the national figure. This is consistent with the fact that 100% of the dwellings are separate houses.
0.80 ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% → 0.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
84.4% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Seventy Mile, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Seventy Mile, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 44%, followed by 4 bedrooms (26%) and 5 or more (18%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Seventy Mile [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32541/seventy-mile/topic/housing-dwellings