Analysis of the weekly housing rental payments of households in FNQROC region compared to Mareeba (S) shows that there was a larger proportion of households paying high rental payments ($450 per week or more), and a smaller proportion of households with low rental payments (less than $250 per week).
Overall, 14.2% of households were paying high rental payments, and 28.9% were paying low payments, compared with 5.5% and 38.1% respectively in Mareeba (S).
The major differences between the housing rental payments of FNQROC region and Mareeba (S) were:
- A larger percentage of $450-$499 (6.2% compared to 3.0%)
- A larger percentage of $400-$449 (8.9% compared to 5.9%)
- A smaller percentage of $150-$199 (8.3% compared to 12.1%)
- A smaller percentage of $300-$349 (13.9% compared to 17.3%)