$220 ▲ +46.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $150
- 2016: $105
- 2021: $220
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Boomer Bay · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Boomer Bay
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Nearly 93% of homes in Boomer Bay are separate houses, making detached living the dominant style here. This is a place where housing costs are generally low, with typical monthly mortgage payments and weekly rents both sitting well below the state and national figures.
$220
▲ +46.7%
- $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 Boomer Bay — lower than 69% of areas.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rent is $220, which is far below the Australian figure of $375. Similarly, the usual monthly home loan payment is $1,083, a little below the Tasmanian average.
$1,083 ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,300
- 2016: $1,083
- 2021: $1,083
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →In Boomer Bay, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 100%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
Nearly half of all homes (47.3%) are owned outright, which is far above the national figure of 31%. This helps explain why only 14.5% of households rent, a rate far below the rest of the country.
14.5% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
47.3% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.7%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 47.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →In Boomer Bay, the largest group is Owned outright at 43%, followed by Owned with a mortgage (28%) and Rented (13%).
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Separate houses make up 92.7% of the area, far above the Australian average. However, homes with three or more bedrooms are much less common here than in most areas, at 60%.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.10
- 2016: 0.60
- 2021: 0.80
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
92.7% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 100.0%
- 2016: 100.0%
- 2021: 92.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
60.0% → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Types of homes
View on map →In Boomer Bay, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In Boomer Bay, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 40%, followed by 2 bedrooms (29%) and 4 bedrooms (20%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Boomer Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60062/boomer-bay/topic/housing-dwellings