$135 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Talawa · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Every single home in Talawa is a separate house, making it a place of completely detached living. This housing pattern is paired with very low costs and a high number of people owning their homes outright, which is far more common here than across the rest of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Talawa — lower than 89% of areas.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Housing is very affordable here, with typical weekly rents of $135 and monthly mortgage payments of $880. Both figures are far below the Tasmanian and national averages.
$135 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$880 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Talawa, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 100%.
How homes are owned or rented.
A huge 60% of homes are owned outright, which is far above the national figure of 31%. This helps explain why only 12% of households are renting, a rate far below the state average.
12.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
60.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Talawa, Owned outright is the majority at 68%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 18%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
While only 48% of homes have three or more bedrooms—far below the state average—residents are more crowded, with 1.00 person per bedroom. This is well above the national figure of 0.80.
1.00 —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
48.0% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Talawa splits fairly evenly between 3 bedrooms (35%) and 4 bedrooms (35%), with 2 bedrooms at 29%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Talawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60664/talawa/topic/housing-dwellings