GOVERNMENT-OWNED SOCIAL HOUSING
For the financial year ended June 2007 there were 72, 962 total government-owned dwellings in Victoria, equating to 14.0 dwellings for every 1,000 people in the population. The total number of dwellings increased by 142 or 0.2% from the previous financial year. Of this increase, Melbourne SD gained 170 dwellings or 0.3% whilst BoV experienced a decrease of 28 dwellings or -0.1%.
In the Melbourne SD, the LGA of Yarra had the largest number (65.2) of dwellings per 1,000 population followed by Port Phillip (36.6) and Moonee Valley (34.6) while Manningham had the lowest (1.9). In the Balance of Victoria (BoV), Wodonga had the highest number (33.6) of dwellings per 1,000 population followed by Latrobe (27.1) and Warrnambool (25.6) while Golden Plains (0.2) had the lowest.
Within the Melbourne SD, the LGA of Port Phillip had the largest increase in total dwellings (113), followed by Maroondah (20) and Moonee Vallee (19) while Melbourne LGA had the largest decrease (-37). Of the 31 LGAs in the Melbourne SD, 16 experienced an increase in total dwellings, 13 experienced a decrease and 2 remained stable.
Of the 48 LGAs in BoV, 16 LGAs had an increase in total dwellings, 23 LGAs experienced a decrease and 9 remained stable. Greater Geelong displayed the largest fall in total dwellings (-57) and Greater Shepparton the largest increase (36).
View underlying table as an Excel spreadsheet: 1367.2 Table 4, Government-owned Social Housing, By Local Government Area (file size 16kB).
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