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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 Toowoomba in 2023

Greater Importance & Worse Experiences

55% of residents selected ‘Affordable decent housing’ as an important attribute when considering what makes somewhere a good place to live, making it the 2nd most important liveability aspect for Toowoomba residents overall. Residents rated their experience of ‘Affordable decent housing’ in their local area 4.8 out of 10, on average, making it the 14th most positively experienced attribute of 16. In comparison to Australia: 2023, residents of Toowoomba placed greater importance on Affordable decent housing.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Toowoomba 2023
55%
4.8
Australia
46%
4.9
Queensland
45%
4.9
Regional Australia
50%
4.7
South East Queensland
43%
5.0

Local Area

Importance
Experience
Toowoomba
55%
4.8
Central Toowoomba (n = 405)
58%
4.5
Rest of Toowoomba (n = 227)
49%
5.4

Gender

Importance
Experience
Toowoomba
55%
4.8
Male (n = 205)
56%
5.0
Female (n = 416)
55%
4.7

Age

Importance
Experience
Toowoomba
55%
4.8
18 - 34 (n = 80)
73%
4.0
35 - 59 (n = 240)
54%
4.8
60 + (n = 289)
44%
5.5

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