At the 2021 Census, 40% of households in the Australian Capital Territory were paying off a mortgage, above the 35% across Australia.
Owned outright 27
Being paid off 40
Rented 31
Other or not stated 2
The Australian Capital Territory's households as 100 homes, from the 2021 Census count of households by tenure and landlord. Each kind is rounded so the 100 add up, so a share in the tiles below can differ from the drawing by one.
Owned outright27%Australia 31%
Being paid off40%Australia 35%
Median mortgage repayment$2,080 a monthAustralia $1,863
The same address, and the homes people lived in
The 2021 Census asked each person where they had lived five years earlier, in 2016. Among people aged five and over in the Australian Capital Territory, 50% gave the same address as on Census night, below the 53% across Australia. Fewer of the territory's occupied homes were separate houses: 63%, against 72% across Australia.
Flats, empty homes and a younger median age
The 453,890 people counted across the whole territory, Canberra and all, had a median age of 35 years, below Australia's 38. Flats or apartments made up 19% of all occupied homes, above the 14% across Australia. On Census night, 7% of private dwellings stood unoccupied, below the 10% across Australia.