4102.0 - Australian Social Trends, 2003

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National summary tables

HOUSING STOCK

		Units	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

1	Number of occupied private dwellings	'000	6,302	6,446	6,579	6,668	6,762	6,910	7,015	7,127	7,250	7,393	7,510
2	Public sector dwellings completed	'000	9.7	11.1	9.9	7.8	6.8	6.0	4.4	5.4	4.8	3.8	3.6
3	Private sector dwellings completed	'000	123.0	145.2	157.3	162.4	129.1	113.4	127.2	136.7	150.5	130.1	127.7
	Dwelling structure - selected(a)
4	Separate house	%	78.2	n.a.	79.4	79.3	78.6	79.5	78.8	79.5	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.a.
5	Semidetached	%	7.0	n.a.	7.9	7.9	8.1	7.9	8.8	8.9	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.a.
6	Flat	%	12.5	n.a.	12.5	11.9	12.4	11.9	11.7	11.1	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.a.
	Housing utilisation
7	Average persons per household	no.	2.7	n.a.	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.a.
8	Average bedrooms per dwelling	no.	n.a.	n.a.	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.a.
9	Households with two or more bedrooms above requirements	%	n.a.	n.a.	r32.6	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	r36.8	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
10	Households with insufficient bedrooms	%	n.a.	n.a.	r4.9	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	r3.7	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

TENURE AND LANDLORD TYPE(b)

		Units	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

11	Owner without a mortgage	%	41.6	n.a.	41.8	41.3	41.7	40.9	39.4	38.8	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.a.
12	Owner with a mortgage	%	27.6	n.a.	28.3	29.8	28.2	28.0	30.4	31.3	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.a.
13	Renter - State Housing Authority	%	5.6	n.a.	6.2	4.9	5.9	5.4	5.6	5.1	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.a.
14	Renter - private landlord	%	18.9	n.a.	19.0	17.8	20.0	21.0	20.5	20.3	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.a.

HOUSING COSTS

			Units	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

	Households with affordability problems
15		Renters	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	5.8	5.9	6.2	6.8	n.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.a.
16		Total households	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	10.6	10.5	10.6	11.3	n.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.a.
	Rental
17	Mean weekly public rent		$	66	n.a.	62	59	62	64	63	68	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.a.
18	Mean weekly private rent		$	127	n.a.	141	138	148	153	157	167	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.a.
19	Rental cost index		index no.	106.7	107.2	107.9	108.9	111.7	115.1	118.5	122.0	125.4	129.3	133.1
	Construction/purchase
20	Housing interest rate		%	11.9	9.9	8.9	10.0	10.3	8.3	6.7	6.6	7.0	7.6	6.3
21	First home buyers - average loan size(c)		$'000	73.3	78.5	86.3	92.9	94.6	104.6	109.9	127.6	133.1	124.8	145.3
22	Project home price index		index no.	102.1	103.0	105.8	108.1	109.5	109.2	110.3	113.1	120.7	134.9	138.1
23	Established house price index		index no.	104.6	106.0	109.1	112.6	112.7	115.1	122.8	130.4	142.3	152.8	178.0
24	Materials used in house building price index		index no.	104.9	106.9	112.0	115.4	115.7	116.1	118.2	119.5	122.8	124.4	126.0
	Finance commitments
	Construction/purchase of new dwellings
25		Number	'000	94	111	124	103	85	89	97	94	94	71	98
26		Value	$m	6,466	8,200	10,524	9,502	8,263	9,302	11,287	12,158	13,456	10,131	15,043
	Purchase of established dwellings
27		Number	'000	285	342	420	348	366	393	385	395	455	484	533
28		Value	$m	22,071	28,579	37,311	32,808	35,416	40,677	43,374	49,344	61,496	64,293	81,439
29	Value for alterations and additions		$m	1,359	1,641	2,899	3,477	3,510	3,039	2,779	2,821	3,321	3,109	4,083

HOUSING ASSISTANCE

		Units	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

30	Public sector rental dwelling stock	'000	370	377	384	389	393	400	381	386	363	359	354
31	Applicants on housing waiting lists	'000	216	232	235	235	236	221	218	184	213	222	223
32	Applicants accommodated	'000	49	54	55	53	51	47	42	41	41	40	37
33	Persons receiving private rental assistance	'000	868	941	976	931	1,042	1,049	979	1,016	992	1,029	996
34	Mean rental assistance received	$	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a	63	59	61	62	68	72
35	Mean rent paid by rental assistance recipients	$	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a	n.a	219	217	221	225	239	253

(a) Components do not total 100% because other dwellings are not included.
(b) Components do not total 100% because other renters (paying rent to the manager of a caravan park, an employer, a housing cooperative, or a church or community group), as well as other types of tenure (rent free and others), are not included.
(c) Measured at original prices.
Reference periods: Data are for the year ending 30 June except: average number of persons per household and bedrooms per dwelling; households with two or more spare bedrooms and with insufficient bedrooms; structure; tenure type; mean weekly rent and applicants on housing waiting lists, which vary according to the timing of the surveys within each year. Data for average loan size of first home buyers are at June 30.