Analysis of the weekly housing rental payments of households in Etheridge (S) compared to Mareeba (S) shows that there was a larger proportion of households paying high rental payments ($450 per week or more), as well as a larger proportion of households with low rental payments (less than $250 per week).
Overall, 12.2% of households were paying high rental payments, and 42.3% were paying low payments, compared with 5.5% and 38.1% respectively in Mareeba (S).
The major differences between the housing rental payments of Etheridge (S) and Mareeba (S) were:
- A larger percentage of $850+ (12.2% compared to 0.4%)
- A smaller percentage of $300-$349 (0.0% compared to 17.3%)
- A smaller percentage of $350-$399 (0.0% compared to 11.6%)
- A smaller percentage of $400-$449 (0.0% compared to 5.9%)