Housing

Housing tenure

About this topic

Housing tenure shows whether households own their dwelling outright, are purchasing it, rent privately, rent from a social landlord, or occupy it under another arrangement. It describes how households hold or access housing, not the type of dwelling itself.

This topic is useful for analysing housing markets, affordability, stability, and the mix of owners and renters. It works best alongside dwelling type, household composition, and housing cost topics such as mortgage repayments and rent.

Interpretation notes

  • Tenure type describes how the dwelling is occupied, including ownership, mortgage, rental, or other arrangements.
  • It applies to occupied private dwellings and should not be confused with dwelling structure or housing cost measures.

Key insight

In 2021, 73.8% of households in Murringo were purchasing or had fully paid off their home, while 14.2% were renting. The mortgage share was higher than Hilltops (A) (25.8%).

Section overview

Housing tenure

Murringo - Households (Enumerated)

This table summarises housing tenure for Murringo in 2021 for persons, with comparison against Hilltops (A) and change since 2016.

Housing tenure snapshot

2021 distribution by category for Murringo, with comparison markers for Hilltops (A).

Murringo
Hilltops (A)

Fully owned

2021 count

74

% of total

42.0%

Change from 2016

+1.5pp

Mortgage

2021 count

56

% of total

31.8%

Change from 2016

+1.7pp

Renting - Total

2021 count

25

% of total

14.2%

Change from 2016

-8.0pp

Renting - Social housing

2021 count

0

% of total

0.0%

Change from 2016

0.0pp

Renting - Private

2021 count

24

% of total

13.6%

Change from 2016

-4.0pp

Renting - Not stated

2021 count

0

% of total

0.0%

Change from 2016

-2.0pp

Other tenure type

2021 count

15

% of total

8.5%

Change from 2016

+6.5pp

Not stated

2021 count

13

% of total

7.4%

Change from 2016

+4.8pp

Data table

Housing tenure for Murringo. Housing tenure. 2021 and 2016 counts, percentages, and change compared with Hilltops (A).

Housing tenure for Murringo. Housing tenure. 2021 and 2016 counts, percentages, and change compared with Hilltops (A).
Housing tenure for Murringo. Housing tenure. 2021 and 2016 counts, percentages, and change compared with Hilltops (A).
Category20212016Change
Count%Hilltops (A)%Count%Hilltops (A)%Countpp
Fully owned7442.0%40.1%6240.5%38.8%+12+1.5pp
Mortgage5631.8%25.8%4630.1%26.7%+10+1.7pp
Renting - Total2514.2%22.1%3422.2%24.7%-9-8.0pp
Renting - Social housing00.0%2.2%00.0%2.5%00.0pp
Renting - Private2413.6%19.8%2717.6%20.8%-3-4.0pp
Renting - Not stated00.0%0.1%32.0%1.4%-3-2.0pp
Other tenure type158.5%3.6%32.0%0.9%+12+6.5pp
Not stated137.4%8.4%42.6%8.7%+9+4.8pp
Total households176100.0%100.0%153100.0%100.0%+230.0pp