Separate houses at 92% of homes
Separate houses make up 92% of occupied homes in the town of Tatura, above 73% across VIC. Townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses are 7%, below 14% for the state, and flats or apartments fewer than 1%, below 12% across VIC.
In Tatura, 49% of homes have three bedrooms, above 42% across VIC. Two bedrooms or fewer describes 20%, below 25% for the state, and four or more bedrooms 29%, below 33% across VIC. On Census night, 9% of private dwellings in Tatura were unoccupied, below 11% for the state.
Lower rents and repayments in Tatura
The median rent in Tatura was $250 a week, below $370 across VIC, and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month, below $1,859 for the state. Median household income was $1,347 a week, below $1,759 across VIC. Worked out on this page from the two medians, the median weekly rent equals 19% of the median weekly income of all households, renters or not, below 21% for VIC.
Outright owners make up 40% of households in Tatura, above 32% across VIC. Paying off a mortgage describes 34%, below 36% for the state, and renting 21%, below 29% across VIC. Of the renting households, 62% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below the VIC figure of 73%.
An older median age, and 57% at one address
The town of Tatura had 4,259 people at the 2021 Census. Its median age was 45 years, above 38 across VIC, which suggests older residents than across the state. Households average 2.3 people, below 2.5 for VIC.
Of people aged five and over in Tatura, 57% lived at the same address five years earlier, above 54% across VIC. That suggests a larger share of people aged five and over lived at the same address five years earlier than across the state.