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Homeowners in Mount Barker, South Australia

Mount Barker, by the people who own it.

4,642 of Mount Barker's 7,032 homes are lived in by the people who own them: 66 in every 100, against 68 across South Australia. Doorstep is the neighbourhood app made for them.Download freeQuestions

Mount Barker by the numbers

Who owns the homes in Mount Barker

4,642owner-occupied homes
1,644owned outright
2,998with a mortgage
4,463owner-occupied houses
18,330residents
Share of homes lived in by their owners
Mount Barker66%4,642
South Australia68%473,243
Australia66%6,114,780
Owned outrightWith a mortgageRentedOther / not stated

ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, tenure of occupied private dwellings, Mount Barker (SAL). These are all homes in the suburb, not Doorstep members.

23 in 100 homes owned outright

1,644 households in Mount Barker have paid the place off. Owning outright usually means years on the same street: the neighbours who know which trees drop branches in a storm, when the council clean-up comes round, and who to ask before you knock down a wall.

72 in 100 households are families

Couples, parents, kids and grandparents: in Mount Barker, 72 in every 100 households are families. School runs and hand-me-downs for some, grandkids visiting for others, and the most useful neighbour is often the one who's been through it a year ahead of you.

About as owner-occupied as South Australia

66 in every 100 homes in Mount Barker are lived in by their owners, close to the 68 across South Australia.

On Doorstep in Mount Barker

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Questions

Living in Mount Barker

How many homes in Mount Barker are owner-occupied?

4,642 of Mount Barker's 7,032 occupied homes were owner-occupied at the 2021 Census (66%): 1,644 owned outright and 2,998 with a mortgage. Across South Australia the figure is 68%.

Is Doorstep available in Mount Barker?

Yes. Doorstep works in every Australian suburb: you join by typing your home suburb, and Mount Barker is one of them. Some streets are quieter than others while the area fills up.

Can my neighbours in Mount Barker see my address?

No. Doorstep only stores the name of your suburb. There's no GPS involved, and nobody sees your street or address.

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