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Population & Households
  • How is the population changing?
  • What is the age profile?
  • What is the mix of household types?
  • How are households forecast to change?
  • What are the dominant and emerging tenure types?
Housing Consumption
  • Who lives in what type of housing?
  • What is the household size for each dwelling type?
  • What type of dwellings do specific household types live in?
  • How have housing consumption patterns changed?
  • How do housing consumption patterns differ by area?
Housing & Approvals
  • What is the dominant housing type?
  • What is the mix of housing?
  • Where is new building happening?
  • How is housing supply activity tracking?
Prices & Incomes
  • What is the mix of incomes?
  • How do housing prices compare?
  • How are housing prices changing?
  • How do rental costs compare?
  • How are rental costs changing?
Affordability & Availability
  • Housing Stress
  • Mortgage Stress
  • Where is mortgage stress felt?
  • How affordable is buying a home?
  • Rental Stress
  • Where is rental stress felt?
  • How affordable is renting?
  • How many households are in need of affordable housing?
  • What types of households are in need of affordable housing?
Home
Population & Households
  • How is the population changing?
  • What is the age profile?
  • What is the mix of household types?
  • How are households forecast to change?
  • What are the dominant and emerging tenure types?
Housing Consumption
  • Who lives in what type of housing?
  • What is the household size for each dwelling type?
  • What type of dwellings do specific household types live in?
  • How have housing consumption patterns changed?
  • How do housing consumption patterns differ by area?
Housing & Approvals
  • What is the dominant housing type?
  • What is the mix of housing?
  • Where is new building happening?
  • How is housing supply activity tracking?
Prices & Incomes
  • What is the mix of incomes?
  • How do housing prices compare?
  • How are housing prices changing?
  • How do rental costs compare?
  • How are rental costs changing?
Affordability & Availability
  • Housing Stress
  • Mortgage Stress
  • Where is mortgage stress felt?
  • How affordable is buying a home?
  • Rental Stress
  • Where is rental stress felt?
  • How affordable is renting?
  • How many households are in need of affordable housing?
  • What types of households are in need of affordable housing?

Housing stress

Total households 2016

91,802
Source: ABS Census, 2016.

Households in housing stress

11,839 (12.9%)
Source: ABS Census, 2016.

What is the dominant type of housing stress?

Households in housing stress

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Source: ABS Census, 2016. data notes
What is housing stress?

Housing stress is a specific term which refers to households having trouble meeting their financial housing obligations – rent or mortgage payments. For those who are purchasing or renting their dwellings, we use the definition of housing stress used by a number of State Governments across Australia, which is households in prescribed income brackets, spending more than 30% of their gross household income on either rent or mortgage repayments. Income brackets for this definition are generally classified as Very Low, Low and Moderate and can be found in the data notes.

With a mortgage

Of the 29,840 households with a mortgage in Greater Geelong, 3,221 (10.8%) are in mortgage stress. This is lower than than the Regional Victoria average.

Mortgage stress compared

Households with a mortgage in housing stress

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Source: ABS Census 2016. data notes

Mortgage stress by income

Households with a mortgage in housing stress by income band

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Source: ABS Census 2016. data notes

Where is mortgage stress felt?

Total households in mortgage stress by SA2

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How affordable is buying a home?

What households can afford vs median property prices in the 12 months to

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Source: .id and Hometrack. data notes

This chart outlines the property purchase price that would be affordable to households on very low, low and moderate incomes, in comparison to the median house and unit prices in Greater Geelong. This is an indicator of whether purchasing a property is affordable in the area.

Is there enough affordable housing available?

Affordable sales for the 12 months to

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Source: ABS Census 2016 and Hometrack. data notes

Another indicator is the supply of affordable property sales in the area. Over the past 12 months, just 0.5% of all property sales would have been affordable to a household on a very low income.

How affordable are property prices in Greater Geelong?

What households can afford vs median property prices over the 12 months to

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Unit median

House median

Very low income

Low income

Moderate income

Source: .id and Hometrack. data notes

Renting

Of the 24,377 households renting in Greater Geelong, 8,618 (40.9%) are in rental stress. This is higher than than the Regional Victoria average.

Rental stress compared

Percentage of households renting in rental stress

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Source: ABS Census 2016. data notes

Rental stress by income

Households renting in housing stress by income band

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Source: ABS Census 2016. data notes

Where is rental stress felt?

Total households in rental stress by SA2

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How affordable is renting?

What households can afford in rent vs market prices ($ pw) in the 12 months to

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Source: .id and Hometrack. data notes

The chart above outlines the rental price that would be affordable to households on very low, low and moderate incomes, in comparison to the median house and unit rental prices in Greater Geelong. This is an indicator of whether renting is affordable in the area.

Is there enough affordable housing available?

Affordable rental listings for the 12 months to

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Source: ABS Census 2016 and Hometrack. data notes

Another indicator is the supply of affordable rentals in the area. Over the past 12 months, just 0.4% of all rental listings would have been affordable to a household on a very low income.

How affordable is renting in Greater Geelong?

What households can afford vs market prices ($ pw) over the 12 months to

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Unit median

House median

Very low income

Low income

Moderate income

Source: .id and Hometrack. data notes

Affordable Housing Need

It is estimated that 5,059 households have an unmet need for affordable housing in Greater Geelong. This represents 5.5% of all households.

How many households are in need of affordable housing?

Households unable to access market priced rental housing, 2016

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5,059 households (5.5%) are in need of affordable housing in Greater Geelong

Source: ABS Estimating Homelessness 2016 and ABS Census 2016. data notes

What types of households are in need of affordable housing?

Households unable to access market priced rental housing by household type, 2016

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Source: ABS Census 2016. data notes
What is Affordable Housing Need?

…the aggregate of households unable to access market provided housing or requiring some form of housing assistance in the private rental market to avoid a position of rental stress

AHURI, Modelling housing need in Australia to 2025

Housing need is estimated for the following groups:

  • Homeless

  • Marginally housed

  • Very low, low and moderate income households in rental stress

  • Households in social housing.

Unmet need is based on the groups above, and excludes households in social housing as their need is met.

In some cases, rental stress is only a temporary state. For example, some households within housing stress may have temporarily lower incomes due to short-term unemployment or on parental leave or may be looking to move into a more affordable house after a break up or separation. Many of these households may exit housing stress once they return to work or move house. The latest HILDA report examined persistence of housing stress from one year to the next. The research found that in the 2013 to 2016 period, 49.2% of those in housing stress in year one were also in housing stress in the next year.

To estimate housing need, it is assumed that 50% of rental stress is households in temporary stress. Based on these assumptions, it is estimated that around 4,309 households in rental stress needed affordable housing opportunities in 2016.

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