$210 —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Needles · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Needles
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Much lower living costs define the housing market in Needles, where the typical monthly mortgage is just $934. This makes the area far more affordable than most of the country, though homes tend to be more crowded than usual.
$210
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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 Needles — lower than 72% of areas.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Home loans and rents are both well below state and national figures. The typical weekly rent is $210, which is far below the Australian average of $375.
$934 —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $900
- 2021: $934
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Weekly rent distribution
View on map →In Needles, $200–$349 is the majority at 100%.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →In Needles, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 100%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
The most common how homes are owned or rented is Owned outright at 53%, ahead of Owned with a mortgage (47%).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →Needles splits fairly evenly between Owned outright (45%) and Owned with a mortgage (40%), with Rented at 15%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes here are a little more crowded than in the rest of Tasmania, with 0.90 people per bedroom, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
0.90 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.70
- 2021: 0.90
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
Types of homes
View on map →In Needles, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →Needles splits fairly evenly between 3 bedrooms (50%) and 4 bedrooms (50%).
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 Needles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60447/needles/topic/housing-dwellings