$200 —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Seymour · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Housing costs are much lower than most areas in Seymour (Tas.), where a typical monthly mortgage payment is just $867. This makes the town significantly more affordable than both the state and national averages.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Seymour — lower than 75% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
The typical weekly rent of $200 is far below the Australian figure of $375. Similarly, monthly home loan payments are well below the Tasmanian average, sitting $446 lower than the state's usual cost.
$200 —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$867 —
Lower than 89% 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 65%, ahead of Rented (24%).
In Seymour, Owned outright is the majority at 73%; Rented is next at 27%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes in this area are used more intensively than in most other places, with 0.90 people per bedroom, which is a little above the national and state figures.
0.90 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
In Seymour, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Seymour, 2 bedrooms is the majority at 53%; 1 bedroom is next at 27%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Seymour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60596/seymour/topic/housing-dwellings