$542 —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $1,400
- 2021: $542
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Torrens Creek · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Torrens Creek
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
A huge gap in housing costs separates Torrens Creek from the rest of the country, with typical monthly loan payments sitting far below state and national figures. This is a place where home ownership is very common, and almost no one rents.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly home-loan payments are just $542, which is far below the Queensland figure of $1,733 and the national average of $1,863.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →In Torrens Creek, Under $1,000 is the majority at 100%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
More than half of all homes (54.2%) are owned outright, which is far above the national figure of 31.0%. This helps explain why no households in the area are renting.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
54.2% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →In Torrens Creek, Owned outright is the majority at 76%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 24%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 41.7% of dwellings, which is far below the 74.8% seen across Queensland. The area also has a lower share of large homes, with 70.8% having three or more bedrooms.
0.70 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.90
- 2021: 0.70
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
41.7% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
70.8% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 70.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Types of homes
View on map →In Torrens Creek, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In Torrens Creek, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 43%, followed by 4 bedrooms (17%) and 1 bedroom (13%).
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 Torrens Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32860/torrens-creek/topic/housing-dwellings