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As at 30 June 2004, there were 3,327 households waiting for public housing in Tasmania. Of these, 1,417 (42.6%) had waited for between 0 and 6 months, 1,027 (30.9%) had waited for between 6 months and 2 years, 179 had waited for between 2 and 5 years (5.4%) and 20 (0.6%) had waited for 5 years or longer.

HOUSEHOLDS WAITING FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, Tasmanian local government areas - as at 30 June 2004(a)
		Length of wait
		0-6mths	6mths-2yrs	2-5yrs	5+yrs	Total
Local government area(b)		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Greater Hobart-Southern
	Brighton	90	66	-	-	156
	Central Highlands	8	3	-	-	11
	Clarence	147	133	34	6	320
	Derwent Valley	33	22	3	-	58
	Glamorgan/Spring Bay	6	6	-	-	12
	Glenorchy	215	203	48	5	471
	Hobart	143	107	28	3	281
	Huon Valley	23	10	3	-	36
	Kingborough	51	30	8	-	89
	Sorell	28	35	4	-	67
	Southern Midlands	10	4	-	-	14
	Tasman	3	3	-	-	6
	Total	757	622	128	14	1,521
Northern
	Break O’Day	10	7	-	-	17
	Dorset	17	5	-	-	22
	Flinders	3	-	-	-	3
	George Town	23	9	-	-	32
	Launceston	251	158	25	3	437
	Meander Valley	22	16	5	-	43
	Northern Midlands	16	11	-	-	27
	West Tamar	25	12	5	-	42
	Total	367	218	35	3	623
Mersey-Lyell
	Burnie	72	37	-	-	109
	Central Coast	56	39	3	3	101
	Circular Head	12	6	-	-	18
	Devonport	96	63	10	-	169
	Kentish	8	3	-	-	11
	King Island	-	-	-	-	-
	Latrobe	14	9	-	-	23
	Waratah/Wynyard	30	26	3	-	59
	West Coast	5	4	-	-	9
	Total	293	187	16	3	499
Tasmania - active waitlist		1,417	1,027	179	20	2,643
Other(c)
						684
Tasmania - Total Public Housing waitlist						3,327
- nil or rounded to zero (a) Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data. (b) Refers to current residence at 30 June 2004. (c) Applications for which wait time cannot be accurately determined. Source: Tasmanian Housing Information System, Department of Health and Human Services.