Renters across Ipswich and the Somerset Region are paying around $944 more this year to keep a roof over their head, making it harder and harder to get ahead at a time when wages have flatlined.
Federal member for Blair, Shayne Neumann said after almost a decade in Government, housing affordability has only got worse under the Liberal-National Party, especially for families, students, pensioners, and young people who rent in our community.
|
SUBURB |
MEDIAN WEEKLY RENT |
INCREASE PER WEEK |
ANNUAL INCREASE |
|
|
Riverview |
$320 |
$40.03 |
14.30% |
$2,081.82 |
|
North Ipswich |
$340 |
$39.91 |
13.30% |
$2,075.41 |
|
Eastern Heights |
$340 |
$30.06 |
9.70% |
$1,563.32 |
|
Springfield |
$420 |
$34.68 |
9.10% |
$1,803.30 |
|
South Ripley |
$410 |
$25.02 |
6.50% |
$1,301.22 |
|
Springfield Lakes |
$430 |
$25.10 |
6.20% |
$1,305.39 |
|
Ripley |
$400 |
$20.13 |
5.30% |
$1,046.91 |
|
East Ipswich |
$310 |
$15.04 |
5.10% |
$782.23 |
|
Bundamba |
$320 |
$14.95 |
4.90% |
$777.27 |
|
Rosewood |
$325 |
$14.89 |
4.80% |
$774.05 |
|
Brassall |
$350 |
$15.07 |
4.50% |
$783.73 |
|
Flinders View |
$350 |
$15.07 |
4.50% |
$783.73 |
|
Raceview |
$355 |
$14.96 |
4.40% |
$778.01 |
|
Deebing Heights |
$385 |
$15.16 |
4.10% |
$788.49 |
|
Lowood |
$310 |
$9.90 |
3.30% |
$514.97 |
|
North Booval |
$320 |
$9.92 |
3.20% |
$515.97 |
|
Ipswich |
$330 |
$9.92 |
3.10% |
$515.97 |
|
Sadliers Crossing |
$340 |
$9.90 |
3.00% |
$514.95 |
|
Collingwood Park |
$350 |
$9.86 |
2.90% |
$512.93 |
|
Redbank |
$350 |
$9.86 |
2.90% |
$512.93 |
|
Redbank Plains |
$360 |
$10.15 |
2.90% |
$527.58 |
|
Fernvale |
$360 |
$10.15 |
2.90% |
$527.58 |
|
AVERAGE |
$353 |
$18.17 |
5.50% |
$944.90 |
Source: Domain Rental Report, September 2021
“Scott Morrison likes to pretend this is not a problem, and that proves how out of touch he really is,” Mr Neumann said.
“This is the biggest cost that thousands of people in our community pay each week and they are struggling to keep up.
“From childcare and petrol to out of pocket health costs and rent, local families know that it’s harder to get ahead under the Morrison Government.
“This is not just a state or local issue; this is a national crisis.”
Mr Neumann said Labor has a real plan to make sure Australia builds back from this pandemic stronger, more self-reliant, more inclusive.
This includes building more affordable housing. An Albanese Labor Government will establish the Housing Australia Future Fund which will build 30,000 social and affordable homes across the country.
Over the first five years, it will build:
- 20,000 new social housing properties, including 4,000 homes for women and children fleeing domestic and family violence and older women on low incomes who are at risk of homelessness; and
- 10,000 affordable homes for the heroes of the pandemic – frontline workers like police, nurses and cleaners that kept us safe in the covid pandemic.
