Analysis of the weekly housing rental payments of households in Douglas (S) compared to Mareeba (S) 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, 20.7% of households were paying high rental payments, and 25.1% were paying low payments, compared with 5.5% and 38.1% respectively in Mareeba (S).
The major differences between the housing rental payments of Douglas (S) and Mareeba (S) were:
- A larger percentage of $850+ (6.8% compared to 0.4%)
- A larger percentage of $450-$499 (6.8% compared to 3.0%)
- A smaller percentage of $150-$199 (7.9% compared to 12.1%)
- A smaller percentage of $100-$149 (4.0% compared to 8.2%)