Analysis of the weekly housing rental payments of households in FNQROC region compared to Regional QLD shows that there was a smaller proportion of households paying high rental payments ($450 per week or more), and a larger proportion of households with low rental payments (less than $250 per week).
Overall, 14.2% of households were paying high rental payments, and 28.9% were paying low payments, compared with 24.4% and 23.1% respectively in Regional QLD.
The major differences between the housing rental payments of FNQROC region and Regional QLD were:
- A larger percentage of $250-$299 (15.6% compared to 12.0%)
- A larger percentage of $200-$249 (11.4% compared to 8.6%)
- A larger percentage of $150-$199 (8.3% compared to 5.9%)
- A smaller percentage of $550-$649 (2.7% compared to 5.6%)