Flats, townhouses and two bedrooms or fewer in Carnegie
Flats or apartments made up 40% of occupied homes in Carnegie in 2021, above the state's 12%, and townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses another 28%, above the Victorian 14%. Separate houses came to 32%, below the 73% across Victoria. Homes with two bedrooms or fewer reached 58%, above Victoria's 25%; three-bedroom homes were 27% (42% statewide) and homes with four or more bedrooms 14% (33% statewide), both below the state. On Census night, 12% of private dwellings stood unoccupied, above the Victorian figure of 11%.
Renting, owning and paying a loan in Carnegie
In Carnegie, 42% of households rent, above the 29% across Victoria, and 83% of those renting households rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, above the state figure of 73%. Median rent sat at $395 a week, above Victoria's $370. Households paying off a mortgage came to 29%, below the 36% across the state, and those owning outright to 26%, below Victoria's 32%. The median mortgage repayment was $2,040 a month, above the Victorian median of $1,859.
The median household income in Carnegie was $1,878 a week, above Victoria's $1,759. Set against it, the median weekly rent equals 21% of the median income of all households, renters or not. That share is worked out on this page from the two medians, and it is the same as the 21% across Victoria.
Household size, age and the same address in Carnegie
Carnegie households averaged 2.2 people at the 2021 Census, below the Victorian average of 2.5. The suburb of Carnegie counted 17,909 residents, and their median age was 36 years, below the state median of 38. In all, 47% of people aged five and over in Carnegie lived at the same address five years earlier, below the 54% across Victoria.