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