West Coast · Suburb / Locality

Housing & Dwellings in West Coast

Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.

Monthly mortgage payments as low as $390 make West Coast one of the most affordable places to live in the region. While housing costs are far below national levels, homes here are more crowded than in the rest of the state.

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📍 West Coast, Suburb / Locality

Housing costs

Rents, mortgages and crowding.

The typical monthly home-loan payment is just $390, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of $1,313 and the national average of $1,863.

Owning & renting

How homes are owned or rented.

The most common how homes are owned or rented is Owned outright at 167%, ahead of Owned with a mortgage (0%).

How homes are owned or rented

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In West Coast, Owned outright is the majority at 100%.

Types of homes

Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.

Homes in this area are more crowded than most, with an average of 1.00 person per bedroom, well above the figure for both Tasmania and Australia.

1.00 → 0.0%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.00
  • 2021: 1.00

Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.

Types of homes

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In West Coast, Separate house is the majority at 100%.

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 West Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60731/west-coast/topic/housing-dwellings