Analysis of the monthly housing loan repayments of households in Hope Vale Aboriginal (S) compared to Mareeba (S) 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, 0.0% of households were paying high mortgage repayments, and 100.0% were paying low repayments, compared with 11.2% and 29.1% respectively in Mareeba (S).
The major differences between the household loan repayments of Hope Vale Aboriginal (S) and Mareeba (S) were:
- A larger percentage of $600 - $999 (100.0% compared to 11.2%)
- A smaller percentage of $1,200 - $1,399 (0.0% compared to 12.6%)
- A smaller percentage of $1,400 - $1,599 (0.0% compared to 10.7%)
- A smaller percentage of $2,000 - $2,199 (0.0% compared to 9.9%)