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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 Rockhampton Regional Council in 2025

Greater Importance & Worse Experiences

53% 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 Rockhampton Regional Council 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.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Rockhampton Regional Council 2025
53%
4.7
Australia
56%
4.5
Regional Australia
56%
4.4
Queensland
57%
4.3
Central QLD
57%
4.7

Local Area

Importance
Experience
Rockhampton Regional Council
53%
4.7
Rural (n = 180)
49%
4.7
Urban North East (n = 209)
56%
4.4
Urban North West (n = 231)
55%
4.8
Urban South (n = 191)
51%
4.8

Gender

Importance
Experience
Rockhampton Regional Council
53%
4.7
Male (n = 273)
46%
4.8
Female (n = 513)
56%
4.6

Age

Importance
Experience
Rockhampton Regional Council
53%
4.7
18 - 34 (n = 148)
70%
3.9
35 - 59 (n = 331)
46%
4.8
60 + (n = 276)
45%
5.2

Significantly higher
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