Housing affordability

Q. Do you think housing in your area is affordable or unaffordable for someone on an average income?

Support by party preference	Total		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other	Capital Cities	Regional	NSW	VIC	June 2015
Affordable	25%		27%	26%	23%	24%	21%	32%	17%	27%	33%
Unaffordable	66%		67%	67%	67%	63%	72%	56%	76%	68%	60%
Don’t know	9%		6%	7%	10%	12%	7%	12%	7%	5%	7%

25% thought that housing in their area is affordable for someone on an average income (down 8% since June 2015), and 66% thought it is unaffordable (up 6%).

Those most likely to think housing was unaffordable were those from NSW (76%), those aged 45-54 (75%) and 55-64 (73%), and those earning less than $31k per year (72%).

Those most likely to think housing is affordable were South Australians (36%) and Queenslanders (30%).

There was little difference between Labor, Liberal/National and Greens voters on this question.