further 40.3% of the 2014 respondents were spending between 50-75% of their weekly family income on housing costs. Housing
stress is generally identified as the cost of shelter constituting more than 30% of total household income.
Table 26: Housing Cost as a Proportion of Weekly Family Income
Proportion of Survey Respondents
Income Proportion
No.
2014
2010
<25%
8
3.6%
20%
25-49%
74
33.9%
36.3%
50-74%
88
40.3%
30.4%
75%+
48
22%
13.3%
Total
218
100%
100%
Examining housing costs as a proportion of weekly family income by housing type reveals that 2014 survey respondents living in
private rental accommodation were most likely to be spending more than 75% of their family income on housing costs (30.6%)
compared to 21.4% who were homeowners/mortgagees. Even for respondents residing in public rental accommodation, almost a
third (29.9%) were spending at least 50% of their weekly family income on housing costs, which is considerably higher compared
to 2010 (10.3%).
Table 27: Housing Cost as a Proportion of Weekly Family Income by Housing Type
Housing Type
Public
Rental
Private
Rental
<25%
16.6%
25-49%
Income Proportion
Homeowner/Mortgage
Other
0%
14.3%
2.7%
53.3%
25.5%
35.7%
48.6%
50-74%
26.6%
43.8%
28.5%
43.2%
75%+
3.3%
30.6%
21.4%
5.4%
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