HOUSING COSTS - CAPITAL CITIES
In 2002-03 the average weekly housing costs for households in all capital cities were $158 (table 8.14). However, there was considerable variation between capital cities. Hobart had the lowest average housing costs at $98 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 ($167 compared with Sydney's $190), partially reflecting the larger proportion of households in Canberra with mortgages on their homes.
8.14 CAPITAL CITY OWNER AND RENTER HOUSEHOLDS, Housing costs - 2002-03
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| Tenure and landlord type | Sydney | Melbourne | Brisbane | Adelaide | Perth | Hobart | Canberra | All capital cities(a) |
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AVERAGE WEEKLY HOUSING COSTS ($) |
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| Owner without a mortgage | 29 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 29 | 26 |
| Owner with a mortgage | 330 | 266 | 235 | 193 | 237 | 170 | 254 | 267 |
| Renter - state/territory housing authority | 82 | 87 | 77 | 81 | 68 | 91 | 112 | 83 |
| Renter - private landlord | 260 | 196 | 177 | 158 | 160 | 134 | 209 | 209 |
| Total renters(b) | 230 | 180 | 162 | 129 | 143 | 120 | 179 | 185 |
| Total owner and renter households | 190 | 152 | 147 | 115 | 139 | 98 | 167 | 158 |
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AVERAGE GROSS WEEKLY INCOME ($) |
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| Owner without a mortgage | 1,047 | 958 | 934 | 817 | 928 | 790 | 1,395 | 975 |
| Owner with a mortgage | 1,735 | 1,563 | 1,438 | 1,321 | 1,409 | 1,146 | 1,675 | 1,547 |
| Renter - state/territory housing authority | 437 | 421 | 481 | 399 | 348 | 441 | 672 | 439 |
| Renter - private landlord | 1,211 | 1,021 | 873 | 866 | 849 | 752 | 1,169 | 1,041 |
| Total renters(b) | 1,080 | 928 | 818 | 690 | 756 | 650 | 1,014 | 926 |
| Total owner and renter households | 1,280 | 1,170 | 1,074 | 966 | 1,078 | 876 | 1,397 | 1,164 |
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AVERAGE HOUSING COSTS AS A PROPORTION OF INCOME (%) |
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| Owner without a mortgage | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Owner with a mortgage | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 |
| Renter - state/territory housing authority | 19 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 19 |
| Renter - private landlord | 21 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
| Total renters(b) | 21 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
| Total owner and renter households | 15 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
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HOUSEHOLDS (’000) |
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| Owner without a mortgage | 538.9 | 512.1 | 199.4 | 157.1 | 189.6 | 31.7 | 34.6 | 1,672.1 |
| Owner with a mortgage | 486.9 | 483.7 | 228.8 | 164.3 | 223.1 | 27.2 | 50.2 | 1,685.2 |
| Renter - state/territory housing authority | 75.8 | 37.6 | 25.6 | 37.1 | 24.6 | 6.5 | 11.3 | 223.6 |
| Renter - private landlord | 399.0 | 284.2 | 177.2 | 77.3 | 115.0 | 13.5 | 25.1 | 1,106.2 |
| Total renters(b) | 481.0 | 336.7 | 214.9 | 125.4 | 141.0 | 20.2 | 36.4 | 1,378.6 |
| Total owner and renter households | 1,506.7 | 1,332.5 | 643.1 | 446.8 | 553.8 | 79.0 | 121.2 | 4,735.8 |
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(a) Includes households in the NT, for which disaggregated data are not sufficiently accurate for most purposes.
(b) Includes other landlord type.
Source: ABS data available on request, Survey of Income and Housing, 2002-03. |
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