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Katoomba Real Estate

Katoomba real estate

On Census night in 2021, 17% of private dwellings in Katoomba were unoccupied, above 9% across New South Wales.

  • House 82
  • Townhouse or terrace 6
  • Flat or apartment 11
  • Other or not stated 1
  • Owned outright 35
  • Mortgaged 28
  • Rented 33
  • Other or not stated 4
Homes in Katoomba as a street of 100, from the census count of households by kind of home and tenure. Other or not stated also takes up the rounding.
Median rent$350 a weekNSW $420
Median mortgage repayment$1,600 a monthNSW $2,167
Median household income$1,171 a weekNSW $1,829

Separate houses and three bedrooms in Katoomba

Separate houses make up 82% of occupied homes in Katoomba, above 66% across New South Wales. Flats or apartments make up 11%, below the state's 22%, and townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses make up 6%, below 12% across New South Wales. The figures suggest that a smaller share of Katoomba residents live in apartment buildings than across the state.

Homes with three bedrooms account for 42% of homes in Katoomba, above 35% across New South Wales. Those with two bedrooms or fewer account for 35%, above the state's 30%, and those with four or more for 21%, below 34% across New South Wales. The 17% of private dwellings unoccupied on Census night is a count of empty dwellings on that one night, with no reason attached.

New South Wales, the same way: 66 houses, 22 flats, 33 rented. Other or not stated also takes up the rounding.

Income, rent and mortgages in Katoomba

The median household income in Katoomba was $1,171 a week at the 2021 Census, below $1,829 across New South Wales. The median rent was $350 a week, below the state's $420. When this page divides the median weekly rent by the median weekly income of all Katoomba households, renters or not, the result is 30%, above 23% across New South Wales. That share is calculated here from two medians; the Census does not publish it, and it is not what renters pay.

In Katoomba, 35% of households own their home outright, above 32% across New South Wales, and 28% are paying off a mortgage, below the state's 33%. The median mortgage repayment was $1,600 a month, below $2,167 for the state. Renting households make up 33%, the same as across New South Wales. Of renting households, 61% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below 69% across New South Wales, and the rest rent from state housing, community housing, a private person or another landlord.

Katoomba's residents, by age and household

At the 2021 Census, 8,268 people lived in the suburb of Katoomba. The median age was 48 years, above 39 across New South Wales, which suggests an older population than the state's. An average household held 2.1 people, below 2.6 across New South Wales, which suggests smaller households, counted by the number of people in each.

People aged five and over were asked in 2021 where they had lived in 2016. In Katoomba, 55% gave the same address, above 54% across New South Wales. Someone who moved away in between and came back gave the same address too.