Analysis of the monthly housing loan repayments of households in Etheridge (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, 6.4% of households were paying high mortgage repayments, and 74.5% were paying low repayments, compared with 11.2% and 29.1% respectively in Mareeba (S).
The major differences between the household loan repayments of Etheridge (S) and Mareeba (S) were:
- A larger percentage of $299 or less (31.9% compared to 5.1%)
- A larger percentage of $600 - $999 (34.0% compared to 11.2%)
- A smaller percentage of $1,200 - $1,399 (0.0% compared to 12.6%)
- A smaller percentage of $2,000 - $2,199 (0.0% compared to 9.9%)