Analysis of the weekly housing rental payments of households in Cook (S) compared to FNQROC region 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, 6.8% of households were paying high rental payments, and 46.5% were paying low payments, compared with 14.2% and 28.9% respectively in FNQROC region.
The major differences between the housing rental payments of Cook (S) and FNQROC region were:
- A larger percentage of Less than $100 (16.6% compared to 3.6%)
- A larger percentage of $100-$149 (12.1% compared to 5.6%)
- A smaller percentage of $400-$449 (2.2% compared to 8.9%)
- A smaller percentage of $300-$349 (7.6% compared to 13.9%)