$1,015 ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,387
- 2016: $1,083
- 2021: $1,015
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Rum Jungle · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Rum Jungle
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Separate houses make up 88.5% of the homes in Rum Jungle. This is a place where nearly half of the households are owned outright, and monthly mortgage payments are far lower than the national figure.
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
The typical monthly home-loan payment is $1,015, which is much lower than most areas and far below the Northern Territory's $2,000.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →In Rum Jungle, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 60%; Under $1,000 is next at 40%.
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
Ownership is very common here, with 46.2% of homes owned outright—far above the 31% national figure. In contrast, there are no renting households in the area.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
46.2% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →In Rum Jungle, Owned with a mortgage is the majority at 54%; Owned outright is next at 46%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Most homes are separate houses, though three-bedroom homes are far less common here than in the rest of Australia. This is reflected in the bedroom count, where 1.1 people per bedroom is well above the national figure of 0.8.
1.10 ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.30
- 2016: 1.20
- 2021: 1.10
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
88.5% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 89.1%
- 2016: 86.4%
- 2021: 88.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
26.9% ▼ -36.6%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Types of homes
View on map →In Rum Jungle, Separate house is the majority at 79%; Other dwelling is next at 21%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →Rum Jungle splits fairly evenly between 2 bedrooms (40%) and 3 bedrooms (35%), with 1 bedroom at 25%.
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 Rum Jungle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70236/rum-jungle/topic/housing-dwellings