$241 ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $220
- 2016: $238
- 2021: $241
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Nowergup · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Far fewer people rent in Nowergup compared to the rest of the state, where the rental rate is 11 percentage points higher. This is a predominantly owner-occupied area where separate houses are the norm. While typical mortgage payments are high, weekly rents remain well below the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Nowergup — lower than 63% of areas.
| Nowergup | $241 |
|---|---|
| 6032, WA | $241 |
| Western Australia | $340 |
| Australia | $375 |
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly mortgage payments are $2,000, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Western Australian figure. In contrast, weekly rent is only $241, sitting well below both the state and national averages.
$241 ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$2,000 ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Nowergup, $200–$349 is the majority at 100%.
Nowergup splits fairly evenly between $1,000–$1,799 (31%) and $3,000 or more (31%), with Under $1,000 at 19%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Rental households make up 16.4% of the area, which is far below the national figure of 30.6%. About 31.3% of homes are owned outright, a result slightly above the state average.
16.4% ▼ -63.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
31.3% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
Nowergup splits fairly evenly between Owned with a mortgage (36%) and Owned outright (34%), with Rented at 18%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 88.1% of all homes, which is far above the national average. Most of these are large, with 32.8% having four bedrooms and 17.9% having five or more.
0.70 ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
88.1% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
74.6% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Nowergup, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Nowergup, the largest group is 4 bedrooms at 38%, followed by 3 bedrooms (28%) and 5 or more (21%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Nowergup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51162/nowergup/topic/housing-dwellings