Analysis of the weekly housing rental payments of households in Douglas (S) 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, 20.7% of households were paying high rental payments, and 25.1% were paying low payments, compared with 24.4% and 23.1% respectively in Regional QLD.
The major differences between the housing rental payments of Douglas (S) and Regional QLD were:
- A larger percentage of $850+ (6.8% compared to 1.6%)
- A smaller percentage of $400-$449 (7.3% compared to 10.8%)
- A smaller percentage of $500-$549 (2.4% compared to 5.2%)
- A smaller percentage of $550-$649 (3.5% compared to 5.6%)