In 2000-01, the average weekly housing costs for households in all capital cities were $138 (table 8.14). However, there was considerable variation between capital cities. Hobart had the lowest average housing costs at $79 per week.
Sydney had the highest average weekly housing costs for most tenure and landlord types. Canberra recorded the second highest average weekly housing costs for total households ($140 compared to Sydney's $170), partially reflecting the larger proportion of households in Canberra with mortgages on their homes.
8.14 CAPITAL CITY OWNER AND RENTER HOUSEHOLDS, Housing costs - 2000-01
|
Tenure and
landlord type | Sydney | Melbourne | Brisbane | Adelaide | Perth | Hobart | Canberra | All capital
cities(a) |
|
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOUSING COSTS ($) |
|
| Owner without a mortgage | 29 | 23 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 25 |
| Owner with a mortgage | 316 | 228 | 210 | 182 | 218 | 158 | 226 | 244 |
| Renter - state/territory housing authority | 81 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 55 | 70 | 74 | 74 |
| Renter - private landlord | 246 | 175 | 168 | 141 | 147 | 130 | 180 | 192 |
| Total renters(b) | 215 | 156 | 148 | 116 | 134 | 104 | 148 | 167 |
| Total owner and renter households | 170 | 128 | 127 | 103 | 126 | 79 | 140 | 138 |
|
AVERAGE GROSS WEEKLY INCOME ($) |
|
| Owner without a mortgage | 1,049 | 944 | 814 | 743 | 1,011 | 804 | 1,259 | 962 |
| Owner with a mortgage | 1,624 | 1,372 | 1,271 | 1,144 | 1,247 | 1,049 | 1,566 | 1,396 |
| Renter - state/territory housing authority | 432 | 358 | 404 | 372 | 280 | 362 | 360 | 397 |
| Renter - private landlord | 1,064 | 890 | 847 | 789 | 876 | 776 | 1,029 | 935 |
| Total renters(b) | 951 | 786 | 773 | 651 | 789 | 601 | 830 | 827 |
| Total owner and renter households | 1,199 | 1,059 | 940 | 869 | 1,044 | 803 | 1,287 | 1,072 |
|
AVERAGE HOUSING COSTS AS A PROPORTION OF INCOME (%) |
|
| Owner without a mortgage | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Owner with a mortgage | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 18 |
| Renter - state/territory housing authority | *19 | *20 | *18 | *18 | *20 | *19 | *21 | 19 |
| Renter - private landlord | 23 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | *17 | 17 | 21 |
| Total renters(b) | 23 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 |
| Total owner and renter households | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 |
|
HOUSEHOLDS (’000) |
|
| Owner without a mortgage | 582.9 | 532.3 | 205.1 | 173.7 | 181.7 | 35.7 | 38.4 | 1,761.5 |
| Owner with a mortgage | 441.5 | 465.9 | 189.4 | 163.2 | 196.4 | 18.8 | 47.5 | 1,539.7 |
| Renter - state/territory housing authority | 72.4 | 53.6 | 36.0 | 27.8 | 17.5 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 234.0 |
| Renter - private landlord | 328.2 | 251.0 | 175.3 | 69.0 | 111.5 | 12.1 | 18.2 | 980.9 |
| Total renters(b) | 406.0 | 311.7 | 220.3 | 105.5 | 132.5 | 23.1 | 26.6 | 1,250.7 |
| Total owner and renter households | 1,430.4 | 1,309.8 | 614.7 | 442.4 | 510.5 | 77.6 | 112.5 | 4,551.9 |
|
(a) Includes households in the NT, for which disaggregated data are not sufficiently accurate for most purposes.
(b) Includes other landlord type. |
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| Source: ABS data available on request, Survey of Income and Housing Costs, 2000-01. |
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