City of Parramatta
Housing rental payments
In City of Parramatta, 66.5% of renting households were paying $450 or more per week in rent in 2016.
Rental payments can be a better measure of the cost of housing in City of Parramatta than mortgage repayments because they are not contingent on length of occupancy or equity in the dwelling.
High rental payments may indicate desirable areas with mobile populations who prefer to rent, or a housing shortage, or gentrification. Low rental payments may indicate public housing (check Tenure Type), or areas where low income households move by necessity for a lower cost of living.
Rental payments are not directly comparable over time because of inflation. For comparison of rental payments over time, go to Housing Rental Quartiles.
Further reading: How can Councils influence affordable housing.
Derived from the Census questions:
'How much does your household pay for this dwelling?' and 'Is this dwelling (owned outright, owned with a mortgage etc.)'
Households renting their dwelling
| Weekly housing rental payments | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Parramatta - Households (Enumerated) | 2016 | ||||||
| Weekly rental amount | Number | % | Western Sydney (LGA) % | ||||
| 0 | -- | -- | 25950 | ||||
| $99 or less | 523 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 26000 | |||
| $100 - $149 | 1,552 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 26001 | |||
| $150 - $199 | 968 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 26002 | |||
| $200 - $249 | 928 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 26003 | |||
| $250 - $299 | 924 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 26004 | |||
| $300 - $349 | 1,469 | 4.7 | 9.9 | 26005 | |||
| $350 - $399 | 3,189 | 10.2 | 14.9 | 26006 | |||
| $400 - $449 | 5,544 | 17.8 | 16.0 | 26007 | |||
| $450 - $549 | 8,965 | 28.7 | 19.5 | 26008 | |||
| $550 - $649 | 4,106 | 13.2 | 8.0 | 26009 | |||
| $650 - $749 | 1,248 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 26010 | |||
| $750 - $849 | 507 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 26011 | |||
| $850+ | 386 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 26012 | |||
| Not stated | 904 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 26013 | |||
| Total households renting | 31,213 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||||
The Greater Western Sydney Region comprises the following 13 LGA's: Blacktown (C), Blue Mountains (C), Camden (A), Campbelltown (C), Canterbury Bankstown (A), Cumberland (A), Fairfield (C), Hawkesbury (C), Liverpool (C), Parramatta (C), Penrith (C), The Hills Shire (A) and Wollondilly (A).
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Enumerated data)
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the weekly housing rental payments of households in City of Parramatta compared to Western Sydney (LGA) shows that there was a larger proportion of households paying high rental payments ($450 per week or more), and a smaller proportion of households with low rental payments (less than $250 per week).
Overall, 66.5% of households were paying high rental payments, and 9.7% were paying low payments, compared with 47.8% and 13.6% respectively in Western Sydney (LGA).
The major differences between the housing rental payments of City of Parramatta and Western Sydney (LGA) were:
- A larger percentage of $450 - $549 (28.7% compared to 19.5%)
- A larger percentage of $550 - $649 (13.2% compared to 8.0%)
- A smaller percentage of $300 - $349 (4.7% compared to 9.9%)
- A smaller percentage of $350 - $399 (10.2% compared to 14.9%)