$220 —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Interlaken · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Monthly mortgage payments of just $542 make Interlaken far more affordable than the rest of the state. This gap in housing costs is a defining feature of the area, with both rents and loans sitting well below national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Interlaken — lower than 69% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rents are $220, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of $290. The usual monthly home loan payment is also very low at $542, sitting far below the national figure of $1,863.
$220 —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$542 —
Lower than 97% 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 111%, ahead of Owned with a mortgage (33%).
In Interlaken, Owned outright is the majority at 77%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 23%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes here are less crowded than in most areas, with only 0.70 people per bedroom compared to the Australian figure of 0.80.
0.70 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
In Interlaken, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Interlaken splits fairly evenly between 2 bedrooms (50%) and 3 bedrooms (50%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Interlaken [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60287/interlaken/topic/housing-dwellings