As at 30 June 2004, there were 3,327 households waiting for public housing in Tasmania. Of these, 1,417 (42.6%) had waited for between 0 and 6 months, 1,027 (30.9%) had waited for between 6 months and 2 years, 179 had waited for between 2 and 5 years (5.4%) and 20 (0.6%) had waited for 5 years or longer.
HOUSEHOLDS WAITING FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, Tasmanian local goverment areas - as at 30 June 2004(a)
|
| Length of wait
| |
0-6mths | 6mths-2yrs | 2-5yrs | 5+yrs | Total |
|
Local government area(b) | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. |
|
Greater Hobart-Southern | | | | | |
| Brighton | 90 | 66 | - | - | 156 |
| Central Highlands | 8 | 3 | - | - | 11 |
| Clarence | 147 | 133 | 34 | 6 | 320 |
| Derwent Valley | 33 | 22 | 3 | - | 58 |
| Glamorgan/Spring Bay | 6 | 6 | - | - | 12 |
| Glenorchy | 215 | 203 | 48 | 5 | 471 |
| Hobart | 143 | 107 | 28 | 3 | 281 |
| Huon Valley | 23 | 10 | 3 | - | 36 |
| Kingborough | 51 | 30 | 8 | - | 89 |
| Sorell | 28 | 35 | 4 | - | 67 |
| Southern Midlands | 10 | 4 | - | - | 14 |
| Tasman | 3 | 3 | - | - | 6 |
| Total | 757 | 622 | 128 | 14 | 1,521 |
|
Northern |
| Break O’Day | 10 | 7 | - | - | 17 |
| Dorset | 17 | 5 | - | - | 22 |
| Flinders | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| George Town | 23 | 9 | - | - | 32 |
| Launceston | 251 | 158 | 25 | 3 | 437 |
| Meander Valley | 22 | 16 | 5 | - | 43 |
| Northern Midlands | 16 | 11 | - | - | 27 |
| West Tamar | 25 | 12 | 5 | - | 42 |
| Total | 367 | 218 | 35 | 3 | 623 |
|
Mersey-Lyell |
| Burnie | 72 | 37 | - | - | 109 |
| Central Coast | 56 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 101 |
| Circular Head | 12 | 6 | - | - | 18 |
| Devonport | 96 | 63 | 10 | - | 169 |
| Kentish | 8 | 3 | - | - | 11 |
| King Island | - | - | - | - | - |
| Latrobe | 14 | 9 | - | - | 23 |
| Waratah/Wynyard | 30 | 26 | 3 | - | 59 |
| West Coast | 5 | 4 | - | - | 9 |
| Total | 293 | 187 | 16 | 3 | 499 |
| | | | | |
| | | | |
Tasmania - active waitlist | 1,417 | 1,027 | 179 | 20 | 2,643 |
Other(c) | | | | | |
| | | | 684 |
|
Tasmania - Total Public Housing waitlist | | | | | 3,327 |
|
- nil or rounded to zero
(a) Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.
(b) Refers to current residence at 30 June 2004.
(c) Applications for which wait time cannot be accurately determined.
Source: Tasmanian Housing Information System, Department of Health and Human Services. |