Households in 30% Housing Stress - 2018

Field Definitions:

LGA Name – 2016 Local Government Areas are an ABS approximation of officially gazetted LGAs as defined by each State and Territory Local Government Department. The boundaries produced for LGAs are constructed from allocations of whole Mesh Blocks and reviewed annually.

Tenure Type – This is a consolidation of the census tenure and landlord types. The following definitions have been used: Rented: Private and not stated – this is comprised of rented dwellings (excluding rent-free) where the Landlord type is a Real Estate Agent, Person not in the same household or where the Landlord type is not stated Rented: Other – this is comprised of rented dwellings (excluding rent-free) where the Landlord type is Employer (Govt or other), Housing co-operative/community/church group, or Residential park (incl caravan parks and marinas) Rented: TOTAL – this is comprised of the sum of ‘Rented: Public’, ‘Rented: Private and not stated’ and ‘Rented: Other landlord’. Please note that this field should be excluded when summing the total households Other tenure types – this is comprised of dwellings that are owned outright, occupied rent-free, occupied under a life tenure scheme, other tenure types and tenure type not stated

Total - Includes all South Australian households who are paying 30% or more of their income on housing (rent or mortgage) and not just those on a low, very low or moderate income.

Total Households – this is comprised of the sum of ‘Being purchased (incl rent/buy)’, ‘Rented: TOTAL’ and ‘Other tenure types’.