Queanbeyan real estate

Attached homes stand out in Queanbeyan. At the 2021 Census, 21% of occupied homes in the town were townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses, above the 12% across NSW. Flats or apartments came to 18%, below the state's 22%, and separate houses to 61%, below 66% for NSW.

Bedroom counts tilt toward the smaller end. Homes with two bedrooms or fewer were 32% in Queanbeyan, above the 30% across NSW, while three-bedroom homes were 33%, below the state's 35%. Homes with four or more bedrooms matched NSW at 34%. On Census night, 7% of private dwellings in the town were unoccupied, below the 9% recorded across NSW.

Worked out on this page from two medians, the median weekly rent in Queanbeyan equals 17% of the median weekly income of all its households, renters or not, below the 23% across NSW. The median rent itself was $350 a week, below $420 for the state, and the median household income was $2,071 a week, above the NSW figure of $1,829.

A mortgage is more common here than across the state. At the 2021 Census, 38% of households in Queanbeyan were paying off a mortgage, above 33% across NSW, while 26% owned their home outright, below the state's 32%. The median mortgage repayment was $1,950 a month, below $2,167 for NSW.

At the 2021 Census, 34% of households in the town rented, above 33% across NSW. Of those renting households, 60% rented from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below the 69% across the state. The others rented from state housing, community housing, a private person or another landlord, or did not say whom.

At the 2021 Census, 37,511 people lived in the town of Queanbeyan. Their median age was 37 years, below 39 across NSW, which suggests a younger population than the state as a whole. Households averaged 2.4 people, below the NSW average of 2.6, so the figures point to smaller households sharing each home. Asked in 2021 where they lived in 2016, 54% of people aged five and over in the town gave the same address, the same as the 54% across NSW.