A real estate agent was the recorded landlord for 62% of renting households in the Rockingham council area at the 2021 Census, above the 55% across Western Australia.
Rented through a real estate agent 15
Rented from another landlord 10
Owned or being paid off 73
Other or not stated 2
The Rockingham council area'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.
Households renting25%WA 27%
Of renters, through an agent62%WA 55%
Median rent$330 a weekWA $340
The same rent share as Western Australia
At $1,724 a week, the median household income in the Rockingham council area sat below the $1,815 across Western Australia at the 2021 Census. Set against that income, the median weekly rent equalled 19% of it, the same share as across the state. The share is worked out on this page from the two medians, covers all households, renters or not, and is not what renters themselves pay.
A younger council area, roomy houses
In the Rockingham council area, 90% of occupied homes were separate houses, above 80% across Western Australia, and 60% of homes had four or more bedrooms, against 45%. Only 9% had two bedrooms or fewer, below 17% across the state. Its population of 135,678 had a median age of 36 years at the 2021 Census, against 38 statewide, and an average household held 2.6 people, against 2.5.