Clarence Valley real estate

Separate houses account for 86% of occupied homes in the Clarence Valley council area, above the 66% recorded across NSW. Townhouses, terraces and semi-detached houses are 6%, below 12% statewide, and flats or apartments are 4%, below 22%. Of homes in the council area, 45% have three bedrooms, above 35% across NSW. Homes with two bedrooms or fewer are 23%, below 30% statewide, and those with four or more are 30%, below 34%. On Census night, 13% of private dwellings in the council area were unoccupied, above the NSW figure of 9%.

In the Clarence Valley council area, 45% of households own their home outright, above 32% across NSW. Another 27% are paying off a mortgage, below 33% statewide, and 24% rent, below 33%. Of the renting households, 55% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below 69% across NSW.

The median household income is $1,123 a week, below $1,829 across NSW. The median mortgage repayment is $1,378 a month, below $2,167 statewide, and the median rent is $310 a week, below $420. Worked out on this page from the two medians, that rent equals 28% of the median weekly household income, above the 23% worked out the same way for NSW.

In all, 54,115 people lived in the Clarence Valley council area at the 2021 Census. The median age is 49 years, above 39 across NSW, and households average 2.3 people, below 2.6 statewide. Of people aged five and over in the council area, 55% lived at the same address five years earlier, according to one 2021 question about where they lived in 2016. Among people aged five and over across NSW, the share was 54%, so the council area sits above the state.