$270 ▲ +60.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $168
- 2016: $220
- 2021: $270
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Mount Hicks · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
A high proportion of homeowners who own their homes outright defines Mount Hicks, where more than half of all residents have no mortgage. The area consists entirely of separate houses, with very few people renting compared to the rest of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Hicks — lower than 53% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical weekly rent is $270, which is well below the national figure of $375. The usual monthly mortgage payment is $1,408, which is about the same as the Tasmania average.
$270 ▲ +60.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,408 ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Mount Hicks, $200–$349 is the majority at 100%.
In Mount Hicks, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 58%; $1,800–$2,999 is next at 23%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very high here, with 52.6% of homes owned outright, far above the national figure of 31.0%. Only 9.0% of households rent, which is far below the 30.6% across Australia.
9.0% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
52.6% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Mount Hicks, Owned outright is the majority at 51%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 36%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Every single home in the area is a separate house. Large homes are common, as 88.7% have three or more bedrooms, a figure far above the Tasmanian average of 72.8%.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% → 0.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
88.7% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Mount Hicks, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Mount Hicks, 3 bedrooms is the majority at 60%; 4 bedrooms is next at 26%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Mount Hicks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60428/mount-hicks/topic/housing-dwellings