$1,025 —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $542
- 2021: $1,025
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Badger Head · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
A typical monthly home loan payment of $1,025 makes Badger Head a much more affordable place to live than most areas. This affordability is paired with a strong rate of outright home ownership and a complete absence of rental properties. It is a residential area where every single home is a separate house.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Monthly mortgage payments are well below the Tasmanian figure and far below the national average. The typical payment here is $1,025, which is much lower than most similar areas.
$1,025 —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Badger Head splits fairly evenly between Under $1,000 (33%) and $1,000–$1,799 (33%), with $1,800–$2,999 at 33%.
How homes are owned or rented.
No one in the area rents their home, which is far below the national and state figures. Instead, 44% of homes are owned outright, a rate well above the Tasmanian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
44.0% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Badger Head, Owned outright is the majority at 55%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 45%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Every home here is a separate house, far above the national figure of 72.3%. While 68% of homes have three or more bedrooms, which is well below the national average, there are slightly more people per bedroom than typical for Australia.
0.90 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
68.0% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Badger Head, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Badger Head, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 42%, followed by 2 bedrooms (29%) and 4 bedrooms (17%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Badger Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60025/badger-head/topic/housing-dwellings