Public Housing in Australia - Suburbs With Public Housing

Suburbs With Public Housing

Some suburbs of Australian cities with a high concentration of public housing, with at least 15% of all occupied dwellings recorded as being rented from a state or territory housing authority at the 2006 census, include:

Adelaide

  • Elizabeth (19.3%)
  • Hackham West (28.1%)
  • Munno Para (28.2%)
  • Plympton Park (26.3%)

Brisbane

  • Acacia Ridge (15.6%)
  • Inala (31.0%)
  • Riverview (30.1%)

Geelong

  • Norlane (22.6%)
  • Whittington (17.9%)

Melbourne

  • Broadmeadows (15.2%)
  • Braybrook (24.4%)
  • Collingwood (28.9%)
  • Fitzroy (19.6%)
  • Flemington (31.2%)

Lake Macquarie

  • Bolton Point (40.2%)
  • Windale (65.5%)

Perth

  • Bentley (16.3%)
  • Karawara (18.5%)

Sydney

  • Macquarie Fields (24.3%)
  • Waterloo (37.1%)
  • Mount Druitt, New South Wales (42.5%)

Wollongong

  • Bellambi (33.1%)
  • Berkeley (23.7%)
  • Warilla (18.3%)
  • Warrawong (25.8%)

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