Three bedrooms, and attached homes, in Ardeer
In Ardeer, 59% of homes have three bedrooms, above 42% across VIC. Homes with four or more bedrooms are 13%, below 33%, and those with two bedrooms or fewer are 26%, above 25%. Townhouses, terraces and semi-detached houses account for 20% of occupied homes, above 14% statewide, and separate houses for 77%, above 73%. Flats and apartments are 1%, below 12%. On Census night, 8% of private dwellings in the suburb were unoccupied, below the Victorian figure of 11%.
Renters, owners and repayments
In Ardeer, 34% of households rent, above 29% across VIC. Of those renting households, 65% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below 73% across VIC. Households paying off a mortgage come to 33%, below 36%, and those owning outright to 30%, below 32%.
The median household income in Ardeer is $1,452 a week, below $1,759 across VIC, and the median rent is $340 a week, below $370. Worked out on this page from the two medians, the rent equals 23% of the median weekly household income, above 21% for VIC. The median mortgage repayment is $1,700 a month, below $1,859.
Ages, households and the 2016 address in Ardeer
At the 2021 Census, 3,170 people lived in the suburb of Ardeer. The median age was 37 years, below 38 across VIC. Households average 2.4 people, below 2.5 statewide. Of people aged five and over in Ardeer, 52% lived at the same address five years earlier, according to one 2021 question about where they lived in 2016. Among people aged five and over across VIC, the share was 54%, so Ardeer sits below its state.