Flats, terraces and three-bedroom homes
Flats or apartments were 19% of occupied homes in Noble Park at the 2021 Census, above 12% across Victoria, and townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses were 16%, above the state's 14%. Separate houses were 65%, below 73% across Victoria. The figures suggest a larger share of people in Noble Park living in apartment buildings and attached homes than across the state.
Homes with four or more bedrooms are 15% of homes in Noble Park, below 33% across Victoria. Two bedrooms or fewer account for 36%, above the state's 25%, and three bedrooms for 47%, above 42% across the state. Of private dwellings, 8% were unoccupied on Census night, below 11% across Victoria.
Renting in Noble Park at the 2021 Census
Households that rent are 40% of households in Noble Park, above 29% across Victoria. Those paying off a mortgage are 29%, below the state's 36%, and 27% own their home outright, below 32% across the state. Among renting households, 68% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below 73% across Victoria; the others rent from state housing, community housing, a private person or another landlord.
Median household income was $1,382 a week, below $1,759 across Victoria. Median rent was $341 a week, below the state's $370, and the median mortgage repayment $1,647 a month, below $1,859 across Victoria. Expressed against the income median of all households, renting or not, the rent median works out on this page to 25% in Noble Park and 21% across the state. That is arithmetic on two medians, and it says nothing about what renters actually pay.
A younger median and 2.7 people a household
The suburb of Noble Park had 32,257 people at the 2021 Census. Its median age was 35 years, below 38 across Victoria, which suggests a younger population at the median than the state's. An average household held 2.7 people, above 2.5 across Victoria, which suggests households with more people in them than across the state. For the question about where people aged five and over lived in 2016, 52% in Noble Park gave the same address as in 2021, below 54% across Victoria.