Four or more bedrooms in 70% of Sandhurst homes
70% of homes in Sandhurst have four or more bedrooms, above the 33% across VIC. Three bedroom homes make up 27%, below the VIC figure of 42%, and homes with two bedrooms or fewer 2%, below the 25% statewide. There are no flats or apartments among Sandhurst's occupied homes, below the 12% of occupied homes across VIC. Separate houses account for 91%, above the 73% statewide, and townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses for 9%, below the state figure of 14%. On Census night, 4% of private dwellings in Sandhurst were unoccupied, below 11% across VIC.
Mortgages, incomes and rent in Sandhurst
In Sandhurst, 57% of households are paying off a mortgage, above the 36% across VIC, with a median repayment of $2,383 a month, above the $1,859 statewide. 28% own their home outright, below the VIC figure of 32%. The median household income of $2,714 a week sits above the state median of $1,759.
13% of households rent, below the 29% across VIC. Of those renting households, 93% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, above the state figure of 73%. Median rent is $530 a week, above the $370 across VIC. Worked out on this page, the median rent equals 20% of the median weekly income of all Sandhurst households, renters or not, below the VIC figure of 21%.
Sandhurst's people, their ages and their 2016 address
At the 2021 Census, 5,211 people lived in the suburb of Sandhurst. An average Sandhurst household holds 3 people, above the 2.5 across VIC. The median age is 41 years, above the VIC median of 38. 60% of people aged five and over in Sandhurst lived at the same address five years earlier, above the 54% across VIC.