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    Australia · computed 2026-07-31

    Highest Home Ownership in Australia

    Where the most homes are owned rather than rented, from the Census.

    The top 10

    1. 1Park Orchards, VICPopulation 3,82295%
    2. 2Plenty, VICPopulation 2,36495%
    3. 3Glenlee, QLDPopulation 1,23693%
    4. 4Sandford, TASPopulation 1,88393%
    5. 5Beaconsfield Upper, VICPopulation 2,86193%
    6. 6Wonga Park, VICPopulation 3,79693%
    7. 7Teesdale, VICPopulation 1,72193%
    8. 8Aldgate, SAPopulation 3,36193%
    9. 9Narre Warren North, VICPopulation 7,67493%
    10. 10St Andrews, VICPopulation 1,22693%

    How this was decided

    Method
    Suburbs ranked by owner-occupied share of occupied private dwellings.
    Data source
    ABS Census 2021
    Who was eligible
    Population 1,000+ with a Census tenure count. Covers all states and territories.
    How many suburbs were ranked
    3,816 suburbs had measured data and met the eligibility rule. Suburbs without measured data were not ranked — they were not scored low, they were left out.
    Independence
    Nobody can buy this award, a place in it, or a change to it. It is computed from public data by a published formula and has no commercial relationship attached.