$270 —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Retreat · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Low housing costs make Retreat (Tas.) a much more affordable place to live than most other areas. Typical monthly mortgage payments are $920, which is far below the national figure. This affordability defines the local housing market.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Retreat — lower than 53% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
The typical monthly home loan payment of $920 is well below the Tasmanian average and far below the Australian figure. Weekly rents are $270, which is about the same as the state average but well below the national figure.
$270 —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$920 —
Lower than 88% 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 0%, ahead of Owned with a mortgage (0%).
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes here are slightly more crowded than elsewhere, with 0.90 people per bedroom, a figure that is a little above both the state and national averages.
0.90 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
In Retreat, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Retreat, 3 bedrooms is the majority at 100%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Retreat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60546/retreat/topic/housing-dwellings