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Tenure

  • In the Outer South-East Region in 2001, there were 27,211 occupied private dwellings and 41.3% of them were fully owned (11,251 dwellings). Rochedale had the highest proportion of fully owned dwellings (63.6%) and Kuraby had the lowest proportion (26.1%).

  • A further 6,964 dwellings (25.6% of occupied private dwellings) in the Outer South-East Region were being purchased. Kuraby had the highest proportion (38.9%) and Rochedale had the lowest proportion (10.0%).

  • In the Outer South-East Region, 28.1% of occupied private dwellings was being rented, including 923 dwellings (3.4%) that were rented from Housing Authorities. Mount Gravatt had the highest proportion (13.1%) of dwellings rented from Housing Authorities and Mount Gravatt East had the highest number of Housing Authority dwellings (346 dwellings). There were no Housing Authority dwellings in Stretton-Karawatha or Rochedale.

  • Stretton-Karawatha had the lowest proportion of rented dwellings (10.5%).

 Tenure type (numbers)
 Occupied private dwellings
 
Fully
owned(a)
No.
Being
purchased
No.
Rented
Other (inc
not stated)
No.
Total
No.
Housing
authority
No.
Other
rented(b)
No.
 Eight Mile Plains
1,574 
881 
23 
1,210 
207 
3,895 
 Kuraby
402 
600 
21 
450 
68 
1,541 
 MacGregor
1,085 
294 
347 
82 
1,815 
 Mansfield
1,437 
947 
190 
531 
133 
3,238 
 Mount Gravatt
505 
281 
165 
275 
37 
1,263 
 Mount Gravatt East
1,359 
932 
346 
851 
165 
3,653 
 Rochedale
300 
47 
78 
47 
472 
 Runcorn
1,222 
1,195 
73 
1,584 
183 
4,257 
 Stretton-Karawatha
458 
271 
93 
60 
882 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
1,407 
582 
39 
673 
161 
2,862 
 Wishart
1,502 
934 
59 
638 
200 
3,333 
 Outer South-East Region
11,251 
6,964 
923 
6,730 
1,343 
27,211 
 Brisbane City
124,401 
86,771 
13,863 
96,410 
19,222 
340,667 

(a) 'being occupied under a life tenure scheme' is included in 'fully owned'
(b) incl not stated

 

 Tenure type (percentage)
 Occupied private dwellings
 
Fully
owned(a)
%
Being
purchased
%
Rented
Other (inc
not stated)
%
Total
%
Housing
authority
%
Other
rented(b)
%
 Eight Mile Plains
40.4% 
22.6% 
0.6% 
31.1% 
5.3% 
100.0% 
 Kuraby
26.1% 
38.9% 
1.4% 
29.2% 
4.4% 
100.0% 
 MacGregor
59.8% 
16.2% 
0.4% 
19.1% 
4.5% 
100.0% 
 Mansfield
44.4% 
29.2% 
5.9% 
16.4% 
4.1% 
100.0% 
 Mount Gravatt
40.0% 
22.2% 
13.1% 
21.8% 
2.9% 
100.0% 
 Mount Gravatt East
37.2% 
25.5% 
9.5% 
23.3% 
4.5% 
100.0% 
 Rochedale
63.6% 
10.0% 
16.5% 
10.0% 
100.0% 
 Runcorn
28.7% 
28.1% 
1.7% 
37.2% 
4.3% 
100.0% 
 Stretton-Karawatha
51.9% 
30.7% 
10.5% 
6.8% 
100.0% 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
49.2% 
20.3% 
1.4% 
23.5% 
5.6% 
100.0% 
 Wishart
45.1% 
28.0% 
1.8% 
19.1% 
6.0% 
100.0% 
 Outer South-East Region
41.3% 
25.6% 
3.4% 
24.7% 
4.9% 
100.0% 
 Brisbane City
36.5% 
25.5% 
4.1% 
28.3% 
5.6% 
100.0% 

(a) 'being occupied under a life tenure scheme' is included in 'fully owned'
(b) incl not stated

 

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