$200 —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Macquarie Plains · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Macquarie Plains
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Low housing costs make Macquarie Plains an affordable place to live. The area is almost entirely made up of large, detached houses, with typical weekly rents of just $200.
$200
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- $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 Macquarie Plains — lower than 75% of areas.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly home-loan payments are $1,192, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure. Rents are also very low at $200 a week, far below the Australian average of $375.
$1,192 —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $1,395
- 2021: $1,192
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →In Macquarie Plains, Under $1,000 is the majority at 100%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
Outright home ownership is high at 40.9%, well above both the state and national figures. Meanwhile, only 13.6% of households rent, which is far below the 30.6% seen across Australia.
13.6% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
40.9% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →Macquarie Plains splits fairly evenly between Owned outright (43%) and Owned with a mortgage (43%), with Rented at 14%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Every single home in the area is a separate house, and 95.5% of these have three or more bedrooms. This is far above the national figure of 73.8%, though there are fewer people per bedroom (0.70) than in most other areas.
0.70 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.80
- 2021: 0.70
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 100.0%
- 2021: 100.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
95.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 95.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Types of homes
View on map →In Macquarie Plains, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In Macquarie Plains, 3 bedrooms is the majority at 72%; 2 bedrooms is next at 16%.
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 Macquarie Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60377/macquarie-plains/topic/housing-dwellings