Analysis of the monthly housing loan repayments of households in SSROC region compared to the City of Canterbury Bankstown shows that there was a larger proportion of households paying high mortgage repayments ($2,600 per month or more), and a smaller proportion of households with low mortgage repayments (less than $1,200 per month).
Overall, 48.1% of households were paying high mortgage repayments, and 13.9% were paying low repayments, compared with 37.3% and 16.3% respectively in the City of Canterbury Bankstown.
The major differences between the household loan repayments of SSROC region and the City of Canterbury Bankstown were:
- A larger percentage of $5000 and over (12.7% compared to 5.1%)
- A larger percentage of $4,000-$4,999 (9.9% compared to 6.9%)
- A smaller percentage of $2,000 - $2,199 (8.5% compared to 10.4%)
- A smaller percentage of $1,600-$1,799 (4.2% compared to 5.8%)