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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 Australia

Greater Importance & Worse Experiences

52% of residents selected ‘Affordable decent housing’ as an important attribute when considering what makes somewhere a good place to live, making it the 3rd most important liveability aspect for Australia residents overall. Residents rated their experience of ‘Affordable decent housing’ in their local area 4.7 out of 10, on average, making it the 16th most positively experienced attribute of 16. In comparison to May 2023, residents of Australia placed greater importance on Affordable decent housing.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Australia
52%
4.7
May 2023
46%
4.9
Metropolitan Australia: 2024
50%
4.7
Regional Australia: 2024
55%
4.8

Local areas

Importance
Experience
Australia
52%
4.7
South East Queensland (n = 487)
52%
4.5
Melbourne (n = 367)
48%
4.8
Sydney (n = 377)
51%
4.5
Adelaide (n = 207)
52%
5.4
Darwin (n = 229)
44%
4.9
Hobart (n = 232)
59%
4.5
Perth (n = 327)
46%
4.9
The ACT (n = 302)
52%
4.2
Western VIC (n = 178)
53%
5.2
Northern NSW (n = 169)
56%
3.9
Eastern VIC (n = 286)
53%
5.5
Southern NSW (n = 214)
45%
4.0
Central NSW (n = 284)
64%
5.0
Central VIC (n = 185)
54%
5.6
Central QLD (n = 166)
55%
4.6
Regional SA (n = 113)
41%
5.7
Rest of QLD (n = 31)
70%
4.5
Regional Tas (n = 263)
64%
5.1
Regional WA (n = 317)
58%
4.2
Far North Queensland (n = 208)
52%
5.1
Regional NT (n = 122)
53%
3.6

Gender

Importance
Experience
Australia
52%
4.7
Male (n = 1954)
47%
4.8
Female (n = 2943)
55%
4.7
Other (n = 64)
64%
3.3

Age

Importance
Experience
Australia
52%
4.7
18 - 34 (n = 1035)
66%
4.5
35 - 59 (n = 1810)
47%
4.6
60 + (n = 1992)
43%
5.1

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