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Housing Tasmania provides public rental housing to people who are on low incomes and meet needs assessment criteria under the Housing Assessment System (HAS). At 30 June 2004, there were 3,229 households waiting for public housing.
Also at 30 June 2004, the public rental occupancy rate was 98.5%, compared to approximately 97.4% in the private rental market. Occupancy rates provide a good indicator of the balance between supply and demand, and 97% occupancy is generally considered the benchmark for a market in balance.
Housing Tasmania manages over 11,500 public rental properties.
OCCUPANTS
At 30 June 2004, there were 23,035 people living in public housing in Tasmania constituting a total of 11,375 households.
PUBLIC RENTAL OCCUPANTS, Tasmania - as at 30 June
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| Households | People |
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| no. | no. |
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2000 | 12,728 | 26,796 |
2001 | 12,428 | 25,755 |
2002 | 12,156 | 24,961 |
2003 | 11,624 | 23,540 |
2004 | 11,375 | 23,035 |
Source: Housing Tasmania, Department of Health and Human Services |
HOUSING STOCK
At 30 June 2004, there were 11,679 public housing properties in Tasmania. Of these properties, 46.0% were three bedroom properties, while only 2.5% of properties had four or more bedrooms.
PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING STOCK, Tasmania - as at 30 June
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| 1 Bedroom(a) | 2 Bedrooms | 3 Bedrooms | 4+ Bedrooms | Total |
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| no. | no. | no. | no. | no. |
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2000 | 2,813 | 3,381 | 6,944 | 267 | 13,405 |
2001 | 2,780 | 3,427 | 6,676 | 295 | 13,178 |
2002 | 2,693 | 3,394 | 6,284 | 287 | 12,658 |
2003 | 2,646 | 3,386 | 5,687 | 285 | 12,004 |
2004 | 2,622 | 3,397 | 5,373 | 287 | 11,679 |
(a) One bedroom includes bed-sit units.
Source: Housing Tasmania, Department of Health and Human Services. |
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