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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 Wingecarribee Shire in 2024

Greater Importance & Worse Experiences

33% of residents selected ‘Affordable decent housing’ as an important attribute when considering what makes somewhere a good place to live, making it the 7th most important liveability aspect for Wingecarribee Shire residents overall. Residents rated their experience of ‘Affordable decent housing’ in their local area 4.4 out of 10, on average, making it the 15th most positively experienced attribute of 16. In comparison to Australia, residents of Wingecarribee Shire placed less importance on Affordable decent housing and reported worse local area experiences.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Wingecarribee Shire 2024
33%
4.4
Australia
46%
4.9
New South Wales
47%
4.5
Regional Australia
50%
4.7
Southern NSW
47%
4.2

Local Area

Importance
Experience
Wingecarribee Shire
33%
4.4
Bowral and Burradoo (n = 225)
26%
4.2
East Villages (n = 99)
27%
3.9
Mittagong District (n = 172)
35%
4.2
Moss Vale (n = 155)
40%
4.1
North Villages (n = 143)
49%
5.1
South Villages (n = 124)
20%
4.9
West Villages (n = 46)
33%
4.0

Gender

Importance
Experience
Wingecarribee Shire
33%
4.4
Male (n = 298)
31%
4.8
Female (n = 636)
33%
4.2
Prefer not to answer (n = 19)
58%
2.9

Age

Importance
Experience
Wingecarribee Shire
33%
4.4
18 - 34 (n = 79)
61%
3.4
35 - 59 (n = 373)
32%
4.1
60 + (n = 483)
29%
4.7

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