Analysis of the monthly housing loan repayments of households in Sutherland Shire compared to SSROC region shows that there was a larger proportion of households paying high mortgage repayments ($2,600 per month or more), and a smaller proportion of households with low mortgage repayments (less than $1,200 per month).
Overall, 50.7% of households were paying high mortgage repayments, and 12.5% were paying low repayments, compared with 48.1% and 13.9% respectively in SSROC region.
The major differences between the household loan repayments of Sutherland Shire and SSROC region were:
- A larger percentage of $3,000-$3,999 (20.5% compared to 17.3%)
- A larger percentage of $2,600-$2,999 (9.7% compared to 8.2%)
- A larger percentage of $4,000-$4,999 (11.0% compared to 9.9%)
- A smaller percentage of $5000 and over (9.5% compared to 12.7%)