Terraces, townhouses and apartments in Glebe
At the 2021 Census, townhouses, terraces and semi-detached houses made up 47% of occupied homes in Glebe, above the state's 12%, and flats or apartments 46%, above the state's 22%. Separate houses accounted for 5%, below the 66% across New South Wales.
In Glebe, 63% of homes had two bedrooms or fewer, above the state's 30%. Three bedrooms described 23% of homes and four or more 12%, below the state's 35% and 34% respectively. On Census night, 14% of private dwellings in Glebe were unoccupied, above the New South Wales figure of 9%.
Renting, rent and home loans in Glebe
Renting households made up 61% of households in Glebe, above the 33% across New South Wales. Of those, 56% rented from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below the state's 69%. The median rent was $420 a week, the same as the state median. Median household income was $1,756 a week, below the state's $1,829.
Set against that income of all households, renters or not, the median rent equals 24%, worked out on this page from the two medians, above the state's 23%. Paying off a mortgage was the arrangement for 16% of households, below the state's 33%, and the median repayment was $3,000 a month, above $2,167 statewide. Outright owners came to 19%, below the 32% across New South Wales.
2 people a household and a median age of 38
Glebe's households held 2 people on average at the 2021 Census, below the New South Wales average of 2.6. The suburb of Glebe was home to 11,680 people, with a median age of 38 years, below the state median of 39. One 2021 question asked where people lived in 2016, and 42% of people aged five and over in Glebe gave the same address as in 2021. Across New South Wales the share was 54%, so Glebe sits below the state.