$300 ▲ +30.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $230
- 2016: $290
- 2021: $300
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Castletown · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Castletown
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Separate houses make up 93.5% of all homes in Castletown, which is far above the national figure. Most residents live in larger homes, though a high proportion of these households are renting compared to other similar areas. The typical costs for rent and mortgages here sit around the state and national averages.
$300
▲ +30.4%
- $0–$25: 37 areas
- $25–$50: 86 areas
- $50–$75: 199 areas
- $75–$100: 214 areas
- $100–$125: 525 areas
- $125–$150: 343 areas
- $150–$175: 699 areas
- $175–$200: 597 areas
- $200–$225: 1183 areas
- $225–$250: 724 areas
- $250–$275: 1277 areas
- $275–$300: 787 areas
- $300–$325: 1282 areas
- $325–$350: 618 areas
- $350–$375: 935 areas
- $375–$400: 570 areas
- $400–$425: 763 areas
- $425–$450: 288 areas
- $450–$475: 415 areas
- $475–$500: 176 areas
- $500–$525: 204 areas
- $525–$550: 79 areas
- $550–$575: 125 areas
- $575–$600: 70 areas
- $600–$625: 97 areas
- $625–$650: 21 areas
- $650–$675: 54 areas
- $675–$700: 145 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Castletown — higher than 57% of areas.
| Castletown | $300 |
|---|---|
| 6450, WA | $265 |
| Western Australia | $340 |
| Australia | $375 |
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Weekly rent is $300, which is a little below the Western Australian figure and well below the national average. Typical monthly mortgage payments are about the same as the state and national levels at $1,717.
$1,717 ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,780
- 2016: $1,885
- 2021: $1,717
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Weekly rent distribution
View on map →In Castletown, $200–$349 is the majority at 56%; $350–$549 is next at 31%.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →Castletown splits fairly evenly between $1,000–$1,799 (41%) and $1,800–$2,999 (37%), with Under $1,000 at 14%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
Renting is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 30.9% of households renting. Meanwhile, 32.0% of homes are owned outright, a figure slightly above the state and national averages.
30.9% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
32.0% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →Castletown splits fairly evenly between Owned with a mortgage (35%) and Owned outright (32%), with Rented at 31%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Large homes are the norm, as 91.2% of dwellings have three or more bedrooms, far above the national figure. This helps explain why there are fewer people per bedroom (0.70) than in most other areas.
0.70 ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.10
- 2016: 0.70
- 2021: 0.70
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
93.5% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 94.5%
- 2016: 93.7%
- 2021: 93.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
91.2% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 91.1%
- 2016: 89.6%
- 2021: 91.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Types of homes
View on map →In Castletown, Separate house is the majority at 94%; Townhouse / semi-detached is next at 6%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In Castletown, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 47%, followed by 4 bedrooms (41%) and 2 bedrooms (7%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Castletown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50273/castletown/topic/housing-dwellings