A smaller share of empty dwellings than the state
On Census night, 5% of private dwellings in Pagewood stood unoccupied, below 9% across NSW. Separate houses account for 76% of occupied homes, above the state's 66%, and flats or apartments for 13%, below 22%. Townhouses, terraces and semi-detached houses come to 12%, the same as NSW.
Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 40% in Pagewood, above 34% across NSW, and three-bedroom homes 37%, above 35%. Homes with two bedrooms or fewer are 22% of the total, below the NSW figure of 30%.
Mortgage repayments above the state
The median mortgage repayment in Pagewood is $3,250 a month, above $2,167 across NSW. Households paying off a mortgage come to 34%, above 33% statewide, while 38% own their home outright, above the NSW share of 32%. Renting households make up 26%, below 33% across the state.
Among those renting households, 49% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below 69% across NSW. The median rent is $460 a week, above $420 statewide, and the median household income is $2,281 a week, above $1,829. Worked out on this page from those two medians, the median weekly rent equals 20% of the median weekly income of all households, renters or not, below 23% across NSW.
A larger share at the same address as in 2016
In Pagewood, 68% of people aged five and over lived at the same address five years earlier, above 54% across NSW. The figure answers one 2021 question about where each person lived in 2016, and it suggests a larger share of people aged five and over here lived at the same address five years earlier than across the state.
The suburb of Pagewood was home to 3,885 people at the 2021 Census. An average household holds 2.9 people, above 2.6 across NSW. The median age is 42 years, above 39 statewide, which suggests older residents than across NSW.