$235 ▲ +104.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $115
- 2021: $235
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Wattle Hill · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Wattle Hill
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Lower housing costs than most similar areas make Wattle Hill a relatively affordable place to live. The area is dominated by separate houses, with nearly half of all residents owning their homes outright.
$235
▲ +104.3%
- $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 Wattle Hill — lower than 65% of areas.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
The typical weekly rent of $235 is well below the national figure of $375. Similarly, typical monthly home-loan payments are $1,322, which is lower than most areas and far below the Australian typical payment of $1,863.
$1,322 ▲ +28.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,029
- 2016: $1,311
- 2021: $1,322
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →In Wattle Hill, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 80%; $3,000 or more is next at 20%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is high here, with 45.5% of homes owned outright, which is far above the Australian figure of 31%. This helps explain why the proportion of households renting is very low at 12.1%, far below the national rate of 30.6%.
12.1% ▲ +57.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
45.5% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.6%
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →Wattle Hill splits fairly evenly between Owned outright (45%) and Owned with a mortgage (43%), with Rented at 12%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Every single home in Wattle Hill is a separate house, a figure far above the national average of 72.3%. Most of these are larger homes, with 72.7% having three or more bedrooms.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.10
- 2016: 0.70
- 2021: 0.80
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
100.0% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 96.6%
- 2016: 88.1%
- 2021: 100.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
72.7% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 80.8%
- 2016: 81.4%
- 2021: 72.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Types of homes
View on map →In Wattle Hill, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →In Wattle Hill, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 45%, followed by 2 bedrooms (23%) and 4 bedrooms (21%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Wattle Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60723/wattle-hill/topic/housing-dwellings