Separate houses, and four bedrooms or more
At the 2021 Census, 94% of occupied homes in Chatswood West were separate houses, above the 66% across NSW. Flats or apartments were 1%, below 22% for the state, which suggests a smaller share of people living in apartment buildings than across NSW. Townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses were 6%, below 12% for NSW.
In Chatswood West, 59% of homes have four or more bedrooms, above 34% across NSW, while 7% have two bedrooms or fewer, below the state's 30%. Three-bedroom homes are 34%, below 35% for NSW. On Census night, 7% of private dwellings in Chatswood West were unoccupied, below 9% across the state.
Owning, paying off and renting in Chatswood West
In Chatswood West, 45% of households own their home outright, above 32% across NSW. Another 38% are paying off a mortgage, above 33% for the state, and the median repayment is $4,000 a month, above $2,167 across NSW. Renting describes 15% of households, below 33% for NSW.
The median rent is $750 a week in Chatswood West, above $420 across NSW, and median household income is $3,121 a week, above $1,829 for the state. Worked out on this page from those two medians, the rent equals 24% of the median income of all households, renters or not, above 23% across NSW. Of renting households, 68% rent from a real estate agent, below 69% for the state.
Larger households, and 64% at one address
The suburb of Chatswood West had 1,521 people at the 2021 Census. Of those aged five and over, 64% lived at the same address five years earlier, above 54% across NSW, which suggests a larger share of people aged five and over lived at the same address five years earlier than across the state.
An average household in Chatswood West holds 3 people, above the 2.6 across NSW. The median age is 42 years, above 39 for the state, which suggests an older population than the state as a whole.