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City of West Torrens

Housing tenure

In the City of West Torrens, 58% of households were purchasing or fully owned their home, 29.8% were renting privately, and 5.6% were in social housing in 2021.

The City of West Torrens's Housing Tenure data provides insights into its socio-economic status as well as the role it plays in the housing market. For example, a high concentration of private renters may indicate a transient area attractive to young singles and couples, while a concentration of home owners indicates a more settled area with mature families and empty-nesters (Household Summary). Tenure can also reflect built form (Dwelling Type), with a significantly higher share of renters in high density housing and a substantially larger proportion of home-owners in separate houses, although this is not always the case.

In conjunction with other socio-economic status indicators in the City of West Torrens, Tenure data is useful for analysing housing markets, housing affordability and identifying public housing areas.

Further reading: How can Councils influence affordable housing.

Q:

Derived from the Census questions:

'Is this dwelling (owned outright, owned with a mortgage etc.)', and 'If this dwelling is being rented, who is it rented from?'

Housing tenure
City of West Torrens - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Tenure typeNumber%Greater Adelaide %Number%Greater Adelaide %2016 to 2021
Fully owned7,42428.730.17,14129.429.6+283
Mortgage7,65929.636.06,79127.935.1+868
Renting - Total9,20935.627.88,35834.427.4+851
Renting - Social housing1,4375.65.51,5006.26.2-63
Renting - Private7,70829.822.16,80828.021.1+900
Renting - Not stated640.20.2500.20.2+14
Other tenure type7322.82.46032.52.2+129
Not stated8253.23.71,4335.95.7-608
Total households25,849100.0100.024,326100.0100.0+1,523
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the housing tenure of households of the City of West Torrens in 2021 compared to Greater Adelaide shows that there was a smaller proportion of households who owned their dwelling; a smaller proportion purchasing their dwelling; and a larger proportion who were renters.

Overall, 28.7% of households owned their dwelling; 29.6% were purchasing, and 35.6% were renting, compared with 30.1%, 36.0% and 27.8% respectively for Greater Adelaide.

Emerging groups

The largest changes in housing tenure categories for the households in the City of West Torrens between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Renting - Private (+900 households)
  • Mortgage (+868 households)
  • Fully owned (+283 households)
  • Other tenure type (+129 households)

The total number of households in City of West Torrens increased by 1,523 between 2016 and 2021.

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