$180 —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Coorong · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Weekly rents of just $180 make Coorong a very affordable place to live compared to the rest of the country. This low cost of housing is a defining feature for the area, where both renting and mortgage payments sit well below national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Coorong — lower than 80% of areas.
| Coorong | $180 |
|---|---|
| 5264, SA | $198 |
| South Australia | $300 |
| Australia | $375 |
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
The typical weekly rent is $180, which is far below the South Australian figure of $300 and the national average of $375. Meanwhile, typical monthly home-loan payments are about the same as the state's $1,500, sitting at $1,600.
$180 —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,600 —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
How homes are owned or rented.
The most common how homes are owned or rented is Owned outright at 50%, ahead of Other tenure (39%).
In Coorong, the largest group is Owned outright at 41%, followed by Other tenure (32%) and Owned with a mortgage (14%).
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes in Coorong are less crowded than in most areas, with only 0.60 people per bedroom. This is well below the figure for both South Australia and Australia, which both sit at 0.80.
0.60 —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
In Coorong, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Coorong, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 44%, followed by 4 bedrooms (38%) and 2 bedrooms (19%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Coorong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40308/coorong/topic/housing-dwellings