• The private rental sector contains more single parent and group households and less couples than for all households of Queensland.

1. Single parent households accounted for 11.9% of private rental households compared with 6.3% of all households.
2. Group households account for 11.5% of private rental households and only 4.1% of all households.
3. Couples only represented 19.2% of households in private rentals and 26.3% of all households.
4. Couples with dependent children represented 20.8% of households in private rentals and 24.4% of all Queensland. In the local area, this proportion is in excess of 60%.

• Renters are generally younger than the population as a whole. Based on the age of the reference person surveyed, a total of 51.8% of people renting privately were under 35 years.
• When buying an investment property, Peter Campbell Realty can give you an accurate snapshot of your tenant market, based upon 34 years of local experience.
• Renters spend more on housing as a proportion of their income than is the case for all households. Housing costs represent more than 30% of income for private renters compared with 15.8% of all households.

Housing costs for renters are lower in Queensland than for Australia with the median weekly private rental housing costs being $149 (Queensland wide) compared with $155 for Australia. Local rents tend to average around $300 per week.

Peter Campbell Realty for more than 30 years has provided long and short term accommodation to locals, with some tenants staying with the agency for 20 years plus and others on 4-6 month stays while building. In fact, we still rent out our very first rental appointment from 32 years ago in Keong Road. Our rental guarantee lessor protection system, local experience and independent approach provide a good, hassle free service. We need more rentals to meet the demand.

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