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
Stanthorpe Surrounds $240/wk $1,248/mo $1,137/wk 2.5
Strathpine - Brendale $360/wk $1,547/mo $1,455/wk 2.5
Sunnybank $400/wk $1,961/mo $1,593/wk 3
Sunnybank Hills $410/wk $1,853/mo $1,725/wk 3
Sunshine Beach $500/wk $2,167/mo $1,826/wk 2.4
Surfers Paradise - North $415/wk $1,625/mo $1,276/wk 1.9
Surfers Paradise - South $400/wk $1,600/mo $1,360/wk 2
Svensson Heights - Norville $275/wk $1,192/mo $1,073/wk 2.2
Tablelands $230/wk $1,329/mo $1,171/wk 2.4
Taigum - Fitzgibbon $390/wk $1,679/mo $1,568/wk 2.4
Tamborine - Canungra $420/wk $1,950/mo $1,745/wk 2.7
Tara $180/wk $790/mo $945/wk 2.3
Taringa $385/wk $1,900/mo $1,911/wk 2.2
Tarragindi $450/wk $2,453/mo $2,928/wk 2.9
Telina - Toolooa $300/wk $1,517/mo $1,940/wk 2.7
Tewantin $450/wk $1,800/mo $1,261/wk 2.3
The Gap $490/wk $2,266/mo $2,572/wk 2.9
The Hills District $455/wk $2,000/mo $2,334/wk 2.8
The Range - Allenstown $280/wk $1,473/mo $1,600/wk 2.3
Thorneside $370/wk $1,787/mo $1,488/wk 2.3
Thornlands $470/wk $2,167/mo $2,218/wk 2.9
Tinana $300/wk $1,310/mo $1,255/wk 2.5
Tingalpa $420/wk $1,900/mo $1,983/wk 2.6
Toowong $420/wk $2,052/mo $1,932/wk 2.1
Toowoomba - Central $295/wk $1,400/mo $1,345/wk 2.2
Toowoomba - East $315/wk $1,798/mo $1,814/wk 2.3
Toowoomba - West $340/wk $1,733/mo $1,852/wk 2.7
Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan $305/wk $1,300/mo $1,002/wk 2.2
Torres $200/wk $1,791/mo $2,006/wk 3.1
Torres Strait Islands $130/wk $976/wk 3.5
Townsville - South $270/wk $1,733/mo $1,886/wk 2.6
Townsville City - North Ward $320/wk $1,950/mo $1,783/wk 1.9
Trinity Beach - Smithfield $420/wk $1,733/mo $1,800/wk 2.6
Tully $265/wk $1,300/mo $1,190/wk 2.3
Underwood $400/wk $1,950/mo $1,992/wk 3.1
Upper Caboolture $420/wk $2,058/mo $2,202/wk 3
Upper Coomera (South) - Wongawallan $500/wk $2,167/mo $2,363/wk 3.2
Upper Coomera - North $450/wk $1,820/mo $1,913/wk 3.1
Upper Kedron - Ferny Grove $400/wk $2,167/mo $2,585/wk 3
Upper Mount Gravatt $415/wk $1,967/mo $1,664/wk 2.4
Urangan - Wondunna $345/wk $1,473/mo $1,109/wk 2.3
Varsity Lakes $490/wk $1,842/mo $1,645/wk 2.5
Victoria Point $450/wk $1,950/mo $1,511/wk 2.5
Wacol $290/wk $1,300/mo $1,204/wk 2.8
Wakerley $510/wk $2,383/mo $3,006/wk 3.1
Walkerston - Eton $330/wk $1,733/mo $2,105/wk 2.8
Walkervale - Avenell Heights $275/wk $1,186/mo $1,117/wk 2.4
Wambo $250/wk $1,300/mo $1,410/wk 2.5
Wamuran $350/wk $2,000/mo $2,049/wk 3
Warwick $265/wk $1,222/mo $1,117/wk 2.3
Waterford West $320/wk $1,452/mo $1,257/wk 2.6
Wavell Heights $430/wk $2,450/mo $2,638/wk 2.7
Weipa $500/wk $2,063/mo $2,976/wk 2.9
Wellington Point $450/wk $2,013/mo $2,173/wk 2.8
West End $450/wk $2,100/mo $2,103/wk 2.1
West Gladstone $230/wk $1,300/mo $1,329/wk 2.2
West Mackay $320/wk $1,587/mo $1,694/wk 2.3
Westcourt - Bungalow $280/wk $1,300/mo $1,154/wk 2
Westlake $550/wk $2,275/mo $2,706/wk 3
White Rock $340/wk $1,343/mo $1,396/wk 2.6

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.