Census area profiles

What households across Australia actually pay in rent and mortgage repayments, next to what they earn. 2,472 areas. This is the one layer that covers every state and territory — sale records exist for New South Wales only.

AreaMedian rentMedian mortgageMedian household incomeHousehold size
Harrison $450/wk $2,000/mo $2,636/wk 2.9
Hawker $375/wk $2,000/mo $2,251/wk 2.5
Higgins $400/wk $2,000/mo $2,248/wk 2.6
Holder $465/wk $2,167/mo $2,338/wk 2.5
Holt $396/wk $1,950/mo $1,983/wk 2.4
Hughes $400/wk $2,700/mo $2,797/wk 2.6
Hume $110/wk $1,187/wk 2
Isaacs $520/wk $2,300/mo $2,670/wk 2.5
Isabella Plains $450/wk $1,880/mo $2,131/wk 2.6
Jacka $450/wk $1,772/mo $2,160/wk 2.9
Kaleen $460/wk $2,167/mo $2,336/wk 2.7
Kambah $400/wk $2,000/mo $2,207/wk 2.6
Kenny $227/wk $1,375/wk 2.7
Kingston (ACT) $510/wk $1,950/mo $2,469/wk 1.8
Kowen $340/wk $2,600/mo $3,749/wk 4
Lake Burley Griffin
Latham $400/wk $2,000/mo $2,125/wk 2.6
Lawson $548/wk $2,000/mo $2,492/wk 2.6
Lyneham $425/wk $1,800/mo $2,084/wk 2.1
Lyons (ACT) $360/wk $2,383/mo $2,062/wk 2.3
Macarthur $520/wk $2,200/mo $3,037/wk 2.9
Macgregor (ACT) $464/wk $2,000/mo $2,344/wk 2.7
Macnamara
Macquarie $400/wk $2,000/mo $1,947/wk 2.3
Majura $365/wk $3,033/mo $3,156/wk 3
Mawson $400/wk $2,167/mo $2,204/wk 2.4
McKellar $438/wk $2,167/mo $2,687/wk 2.7
Melba $400/wk $2,100/mo $2,326/wk 2.7
Migratory - Offshore - Shipping (ACT)
Mitchell $874/wk 1.5
Molonglo
Molonglo - East
Molonglo Corridor $375/wk $4,750/wk 4.3
Monash $450/wk $2,058/mo $2,164/wk 2.5
Moncrieff $470/wk $2,167/mo $2,699/wk 3.2
Mount Taylor
Namadgi $400/wk $4,333/mo $2,812/wk 3.3
Narrabundah $440/wk $2,392/mo $2,353/wk 2.4
Ngunnawal $450/wk $1,950/mo $2,219/wk 2.6
Nicholls $502/wk $2,300/mo $3,134/wk 2.9
No usual address (ACT)
O'Connor (ACT) $451/wk $2,500/mo $2,518/wk 2.5
O'Malley $975/wk $3,413/mo $4,476/wk 2.9
Oxley (ACT) $400/wk $2,150/mo $2,393/wk 2.7
Page $438/wk $2,000/mo $1,773/wk 2.3
Palmerston $450/wk $1,940/mo $2,316/wk 2.6
Parkes (ACT) - North
Parkes (ACT) - South $178/wk $1,375/wk 2
Pearce $430/wk $2,383/mo $2,362/wk 2.5
Phillip $440/wk $1,608/mo $2,075/wk 1.9
Red Hill (ACT) $500/wk $3,500/mo $3,938/wk 2.8
Reid $430/wk $2,300/mo $2,272/wk 2
Richardson $391/wk $2,000/mo $2,043/wk 2.6
Rivett $322/wk $2,140/mo $2,207/wk 2.5
Russell
Scrivener $245/wk $2,000/mo $2,324/wk 1.5
Scullin $390/wk $1,950/mo $2,025/wk 2.6
Spence $375/wk $2,120/mo $2,358/wk 2.7
Stirling $460/wk $2,258/mo $2,206/wk 2.6
Strathnairn $515/wk $2,191/mo $2,629/wk 2.9

ABS 2021 Census, Statistical Area Level 2 — roughly a suburb or a small cluster of them. Rent and mortgage are what households actually reported paying, not asking prices.