Analysis of the weekly housing rental payments of households in Hope Vale Aboriginal (S) compared to Mareeba (S) 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 5.5% and 38.1% respectively in Mareeba (S).
The major differences between the housing rental payments of Hope Vale Aboriginal (S) and Mareeba (S) were:
- A larger percentage of $100-$149 (38.2% compared to 8.2%)
- A larger percentage of Less than $100 (34.5% compared to 5.0%)
- A smaller percentage of $300-$349 (0.0% compared to 17.3%)
- A smaller percentage of $250-$299 (2.1% compared to 15.7%)