$2,167 —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Tortilla Flats · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Recent years have seen a shift in the local housing landscape, with Tortilla Flats now seeing typical monthly mortgage payments of $2,167. This figure is much higher than in most similar areas and sits slightly above both the Territory and national figures.
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Typical monthly home-loan payments are $2,167, which is $167 more than the Northern Territory average and $304 above the national figure.
$2,167 —
Higher than 80% 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 with a mortgage at 44%, ahead of Owned outright (0%).
In Tortilla Flats, Owned with a mortgage is the majority at 100%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Homes here are less crowded than usual, with only 0.7 people per bedroom. This is well below the Northern Territory figure of 1.0 and a little below the Australian average.
0.70 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
In Tortilla Flats, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
In Tortilla Flats, 3 bedrooms is the majority at 100%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Tortilla Flats [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70265/tortilla-flats/topic/housing-dwellings