Affordable decent housing

Understanding the provision of ‘affordable decent housing’ goes well beyond the dwelling. It seeks to contextualise the community’s view on ‘housing’ with two additional features – both of which are critical to informing public policy and private sector directions: the perception of value (represented in the attribute as affordable) and quality (represented as decent). ‘Affordable decent housing’ is often selected as one of the most important attributes that makes somewhere a good place to live. It is typically of higher importance to younger people and poorly experienced in established urban areas. Read more about .id's views on the importance of 'affordable decent housing' here.

Affordable decent housing in City of Parramatta

Greater Importance & Worse Experiences

42% of residents selected ‘Affordable decent housing’ as an important attribute when considering what makes somewhere a good place to live, making it the 5th most important liveability aspect for City of Parramatta residents overall. Residents rated their experience of ‘Affordable decent housing’ in their local area 5.2 out of 10, on average, making it the 14th most positively experienced attribute of 16. In comparison to Australia, residents of City of Parramatta placed less importance on Affordable decent housing.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
City of Parramatta
42%
5.2
Australia
48%
5.0
New South Wales
48%
4.9
Metropolitan Sydney
45%
5.0
Metropolitan Australia
48%
5.0
Middle Suburbs
45%
4.9

Local areas

Importance
Experience
City of Parramatta
42%
5.2
Parramatta (n = 422)
44%
5.4
Rosehill (n = 248)
41%
5.3
North Rocks (n = 237)
43%
5.0
Epping (n = 70)
27%
4.0
Dundas (n = 105)
39%
5.2

Gender

Importance
Experience
City of Parramatta
42%
5.2
Male (n = 453)
40%
5.3
Female (n = 601)
42%
5.2
Other (n = 20)
50%
4.9

Age

Importance
Experience
City of Parramatta
42%
5.2
18 - 34 (n = 234)
61%
5.3
35 - 59 (n = 556)
34%
5.1
60 + (n = 311)
30%
5.4

Significantly higher
Significantly lower