In 1999-2000, the mean weekly housing costs for households in all capital cities were $133 (table 8.16). However, there was considerable variation between capital cities. Hobart had the lowest mean housing costs at $87 per week.
While Sydney had the highest mean housing costs for most tenure and landlord types, Canberra recorded the highest mean housing costs for total households ($161 compared to Sydney's $155) because of the larger proportion of households in Canberra purchasing their homes.
8.16 CAPITAL CITY OWNER AND RENTER HOUSEHOLDS, Housing costs - 1999-2000
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| Tenure and landlord type | Sydney | Melbourne | Brisbane | Adelaide | Perth | Hobart | Canberra | All capital
cities(a) |
|
MEAN WEEKLY HOUSING COSTS ($) |
|
| Owner without a mortgage | 26 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 30 | 24 |
| Owner with a mortgage | 277 | 225 | 198 | 163 | 211 | 144 | 259 | 228 |
| Renter - state/territory housing authority | 78 | 76 | 70 | 70 | 65 | *78 | *73 | 74 |
| Renter - private landlord | 227 | 168 | 156 | 143 | 142 | *122 | 169 | 182 |
| Total renters(b) | 195 | 152 | 139 | 114 | 126 | 109 | 134 | 157 |
| Total owner and renter households | 155 | 123 | 126 | 98 | 129 | 87 | 161 | 133 |
|
MEAN GROSS WEEKLY INCOME ($) |
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| Owner without a mortgage | 995 | 1,003 | 835 | 797 | 870 | 703 | 1,037 | 945 |
| Owner with a mortgage | 1,485 | 1,300 | 1,372 | 1,066 | 1,237 | 1,095 | 1,479 | 1,337 |
| Renter - state/territory housing authority | 480 | 401 | 380 | 382 | 334 | *470 | *380 | 421 |
| Renter - private landlord | 1,066 | 927 | 794 | 817 | 790 | *608 | 1,040 | 928 |
| Total renters(b) | 947 | 836 | 761 | 646 | 715 | 569 | 819 | 826 |
| Total owner and renter households | 1,132 | 1,068 | 1,004 | 843 | 985 | 797 | 1,160 | 1,047 |
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MEAN HOUSING COSTS AS A PROPORTION OF INCOME (%) |
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| Owner without a mortgage | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Owner with a mortgage | 19 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 17 |
| Renter - state/territory housing authority | 16 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 18 |
| Renter - private landlord | 21 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 20 |
| Total renters(b) | 21 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 19 |
| Total owner and renter households | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 13 |
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HOUSEHOLDS (’000) |
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| Owner without a mortgage | 577.3 | 523.5 | 178.3 | 156.7 | 159.6 | 28.9 | 31.0 | 1,664.9 |
| Owner with a mortgage | 459.4 | 430.4 | 216.9 | 152.3 | 222.3 | 25.1 | 51.1 | 1,578.2 |
| Renter - state/territory housing authority | 85.2 | 42.3 | 30.9 | 44.5 | 25.7 | *5.9 | *12.2 | 251.8 |
| Renter - private landlord | 352.8 | 236.2 | 161.7 | 82.0 | 109.7 | *15.1 | 23.4 | 993.0 |
| Total renters(b) | 447.2 | 285.4 | 204.4 | 134.9 | 139.4 | 21.0 | 36.5 | 1,290.0 |
| Total owner and renter households | 1,483.8 | 1,239.3 | 599.7 | 443.9 | 521.3 | 75.1 | 118.6 | 4,533.1 |
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(a) Includes households in the NT, for which disaggregated data are not acceptable for most purposes.
(b) Includes other landlord type. |
Source: ABS data available on request, Survey of Income and Housing Costs, 1999-2000. |
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