Sunshine Coast
Housing tenure
In Sunshine Coast, 66% of households were purchasing or fully owned their home, 24.2% were renting privately, and 2.0% were in social housing in 2021.
Sunshine Coast's Housing Tenure data provides insights into its socio-economic status as well as the role it plays in the housing market. For example, a high concentration of private renters may indicate a transient area attractive to young singles and couples, while a concentration of home owners indicates a more settled area with mature families and empty-nesters (Household Summary). Tenure can also reflect built form (Dwelling Type), with a significantly higher share of renters in high density housing and a substantially larger proportion of home-owners in separate houses, although this is not always the case.
In conjunction with other socio-economic status indicators in Sunshine Coast, Tenure data is useful for analysing housing markets, housing affordability and identifying public housing areas.
Further reading: How can Councils influence affordable housing.
Derived from the Census questions:
'Is this dwelling (owned outright, owned with a mortgage etc.)', and 'If this dwelling is being rented, who is it rented from?'
Households
| Housing tenure | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Coast - Households (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Tenure type | Number | % | South East Queensland % | Number | % | South East Queensland % | 2016 to 2021 | |
 Fully owned | 44,702 | 33.0 | 26.6 | 37,462 | 32.2 | 26.2 | +7,240 | 22001 |
| Mortgage | 44,441 | 32.8 | 34.3 | 36,123 | 31.0 | 33.1 | +8,318 | 22002 |
| Renting - Total | 35,741 | 26.4 | 32.6 | 31,894 | 27.4 | 31.9 | +3,847 | 22003 |
| Renting - Social housing | 2,701 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2,633 | 2.3 | 3.1 | +68 | 22004 |
| Renting - Private | 32,832 | 24.2 | 29.7 | 29,031 | 24.9 | 28.5 | +3,801 | 22005 |
| Renting - Not stated | 208 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 230 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -22 | 22006 |
| Other tenure type | 3,816 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 2,846 | 2.4 | 1.5 | +970 | 22007 |
| Not stated | 6,813 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 8,096 | 7.0 | 7.3 | -1,283 | 22008 |
| Total households | 135,513 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 116,421 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +19,092 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Enumerated data)
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the housing tenure of households of Sunshine Coast in 2021 compared to South East Queensland shows that there was a larger proportion of households who owned their dwelling; a smaller proportion purchasing their dwelling; and a smaller proportion who were renters.
Overall, 33.0% of households owned their dwelling; 32.8% were purchasing, and 26.4% were renting, compared with 26.6%, 34.3% and 32.6% respectively for South East Queensland.
Emerging groups
The largest changes in housing tenure categories for the households in Sunshine Coast between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Mortgage (+8,318 households)
- Fully owned (+7,240 households)
- Renting - Private (+3,801 households)
- Other tenure type (+970 households)
The total number of households in Sunshine Coast increased by 19,092 between 2016 and 2021.