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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 Sunshine Coast in 2025

Greater Importance & Worse Experiences

41% 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 Sunshine Coast residents overall. Residents rated their experience of ‘Affordable decent housing’ in their local area 4.2 out of 10, on average, making it the 15th most positively experienced attribute of 16. In comparison to Australia, residents of Sunshine Coast placed less importance on Affordable decent housing.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Sunshine Coast 2025
41%
4.2
Australia
56%
4.5
Regional Australia
56%
4.4
Queensland
57%
4.3
South East Queensland
57%
4.2

Local Area

Importance
Experience
Sunshine Coast
41%
4.2
Rural 1 (n = 203)
38%
4.5
Rural 2 (n = 222)
50%
4.0
Urban A (n = 262)
40%
4.2
Urban B (n = 292)
35%
4.5
Urban C (n = 330)
39%
4.2
Urban D (n = 203)
38%
4.2

Gender

Importance
Experience
Sunshine Coast
41%
4.2
Male (n = 497)
36%
4.2
Female (n = 982)
43%
4.3

Age

Importance
Experience
Sunshine Coast
41%
4.2
18 - 34 (n = 292)
62%
4.0
35 - 59 (n = 438)
35%
3.9
60 + (n = 669)
32%
4.8

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