Three bedrooms and a freestanding house in Edgeworth
In Edgeworth, 52% of homes had three bedrooms at the 2021 Census, above the 35% across New South Wales. Homes with two bedrooms or fewer came to 20%, below the state's 30%, and those with four or more to 26%, below 34% statewide. On Census night, 5% of private dwellings in the suburb were unoccupied, below the state figure of 9%.
Separate houses accounted for 88% of occupied homes, above the 66% across New South Wales. Townhouses, terraces and semi-detached houses made up 4%, below the state's 12%, and flats or apartments 7%, below 22%.
Home loans, agents and rent in Edgeworth
Of renting households in Edgeworth, 49% rented from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below the 69% across New South Wales. Renting households made up 27% of all households, below the state's 33%, and the median rent was $360 a week, below the state median of $420.
Paying off a mortgage was the arrangement for 39% of households, above the state's 33%, while the median repayment of $1,733 a month sat below the state figure of $2,167. Outright owners made up 30%, below 32% statewide. Median household income was $1,435 a week, below the New South Wales median of $1,829. Set against that income of all households, renters or not, the median rent equals 25%, worked out on this page from the two medians, above the state's 23%.
Who lives in Edgeworth, and where they lived in 2016
Asked in 2021 where they lived in 2016, 60% of people aged five and over in Edgeworth gave the same address as in 2021. Across New South Wales the share was 54%, so Edgeworth sits above the state. At the 2021 Census, 6,401 people lived in the suburb of Edgeworth. The median age was 39 years, the same as across New South Wales. Households averaged 2.4 people, below the state average of 2.6.