$250 —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Yaamba · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
A shift toward more stable housing has seen Yaamba become an area where half of all homes are now owned outright. This makes the community far more secure than the national average, with no one currently renting in the area.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Yaamba — lower than 60% of areas.
| Yaamba | $250 |
|---|---|
| 4704, QLD | $250 |
| Queensland | $365 |
| Australia | $375 |
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Housing is quite affordable here, with typical weekly rents of $250 and monthly mortgage payments of $1,392, both of which are well below the national figures.
$250 —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,392 —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Yaamba, $1,800–$2,999 is the majority at 100%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very high in Yaamba, where 50% of people own their place outright. This is far above the Queensland figure of 29.1%, while 0% of households are renting.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
50.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Yaamba, Owned outright is the majority at 65%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 35%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 86.4% of the local builds, which is far above the national average. However, these homes tend to be smaller, with 59.1% having three or more bedrooms, a figure far below the state average.
0.60 —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
86.4% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
59.1% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Yaamba, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 47%, followed by 2 bedrooms (32%) and 4 bedrooms (21%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Yaamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33192/yaamba/topic/housing-dwellings