Analysis of the weekly housing rental payments of households in Hope Vale Aboriginal (S) compared to Cairns (R) shows that there was a smaller proportion of households paying high rental payments ($450 per week or more), and a larger proportion of households with low rental payments (less than $250 per week).
Overall, 0.0% of households were paying high rental payments, and 92.0% were paying low payments, compared with 18.7% and 20.8% respectively in Cairns (R).
The major differences between the housing rental payments of Hope Vale Aboriginal (S) and Cairns (R) were:
- A larger percentage of $100-$149 (38.2% compared to 4.3%)
- A larger percentage of Less than $100 (34.5% compared to 2.0%)
- A smaller percentage of $350-$399 (0.0% compared to 16.5%)
- A smaller percentage of $300-$349 (0.0% compared to 14.2%)